Hunter Parker was diagnosed with cancer when he was just 16 weeks old
A young Belfast boy is in desperate need of a wheelchair after being left unable to walk due to a tumour.
Speaking to Belfast Live, his mum Emma Jane said that when Hunter was born he appeared to be a healthy little boy, however a few months later he became very ill with what they believed was a chest infection.After being taken to hospital, he was given antibiotics, however they did not appear to have much impact and a few days later the family received the awful news that he had developed a large tumour which was compressing his lungs making it difficult for him to breathe.
Since then Hunter has come on with Emma Jane saying that he is "the happiest little boy you could ever meet" - despite his tumour compressing part of his spinal cord. "Being a two-year-old boy he wants to get about and explore the world around him, but sadly he is just not able to at the moment.
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