Friends rally for two-year-old 'hero’ after leukaemia diagnosis

Friends in Clare are rallying to help a little boy who is undergoing treatment for leukaemia.

Two-year-old Ultan Howard, from Fanore, Co Clare, is undergoing treatment for leukaemia in Dublin.

To show support to him and his family, friends and neighbours have set up a GoFundMe campaign, here.

Ultan’s parents explained his diagnosis in a note left on the fundraiser page.

"We just wanted to write a little note about our little hero Ultan. Last December, our world was turned upside down when Ultan was diagnosed with AML Leukemia. Ultan then went into spontaneous remission which meant the cancer in his blood went from 7% down to 0.045% through him fighting it himself. We were so grateful he did not need to have chemotherapy. Everyone in Crumlin was shocked, doctors and nurses alike, they had never seen a case like this before,” explained the parents, Stephanie and and Patrick.

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“Ultan continued to have bloods taken weekly in Galway University Hospital which were all coming back with good results until May when we got the dreaded news that his Neutrophils had begun to drop. We were scheduled to have another Bone Marrow biopsy in May to check his progress but unfortunately to our disbelief we were notified that the cancer had returned. We were devastated. Ultan now has his first round of Chemotherapy over him and will be soon going for round two,” they continued.

The little boy recently celebrated his second birthday in the hospital.

“Our little darling Ultan celebrated his second birthday in Crumlin hospital on June 1st without his big brother, family and friends. Our lives have been turned upside down. We appreciate your support.”