Charley’s son 13-year-old son Tyler was diagnosed with stage four cancer (Picture: Charley Hemming / SWNS)

When Charley Hemming spotted lumps on her 13-year-old son Tyler’s neck, she was concerned.

First raising the alarm with doctors in February 2025, the mum-of-four was driven to seek medical support as the lumps became increasingly ‘visible’ on his body, and all the while, he was becoming increasingly ‘fatigued.’

After initially checking him over, doctors told Charley that they suspected her son’s symptoms were those of tonsillitis.

However, blood tests told another story, revealing inconsistent results that took months to get to the bottom of.

‘The doctors initially thought it was tonsil-related, but my mum instinct just knew there was more to it,’ Charley, an NHS support worker

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