A teenager who bravely battled cancer as he was forced to make 250-mile round trips for treatment has died.
Danial Graham, 13, from Thurso in the Highlands, had the rare blood cancer myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) which evolved into acute myeloid leukaemia.
The cancer was so rare it only affects four in a million people and Danial was given just a 30 per cent chance of survival.
The brave teen had to make he gruelling journeys to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness twice a week having been diagnosed in October last year, reports the Daily Record.
Doctors had been hoping the youngster would be well enough for a bone marrow transplant.
But because he was so weak, he had been picking up infections and was taken into Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
Even though the schoolboy was in a poorly state, he remained cheerful.
He regularly pranked his chef dad Jamie, 37, by taking the monitor off his finger so the screen went blank to give him a fright.
Because of the added financial burden to his dad and his granny, Margaret Smith, 53, with all the extra travelling, his aunt Rachel Smith, 25, set up a gofundme page to help.
After Danial’s story appeared in the Daily Record his fund more than trebled to but now the family will use the money to help pay for Danial’s funeral.
Rachel said: “Not long after Danial’s story was in the Record he was put in an induced coma to let his body rest while they tried to get him over his infection.
“He had heart surgery to remove fluid but eventually his lungs started to give up.”