Brave Harri focuses on dream of having new prosthetic leg

ABRAVE teenager who had to have his leg amputated above the knee after being diagnosed with bone cancer, has completed his gruelling chemotherapy treatment.

Last September an X-ray showed that Harrison Sanders had a 17 centimetre tumour in his knee joint.

Now after completing the treatment Harrison Sanders wants to get on with his life and fulfil a dream – to raise enough money to buy a stateof-the-art prosthetic leg which costs around £30,000.

His mum Janine said: “Harri would like to do normal teenage things again, like ride a bicycle, enjoy hill walks with his dad, or even being able to just run for the college bus!”

The 17-year-old from Abergele is set to start studying a media production course at Coleg Llandrillo in September.

“The limb available on the NHS is a more basic limb, heavy and cumbersome and may limit his mobility compared to other limbs that are out there,” Janine added.

Harrison is well on the way to reaching the target with £6,500 raised so far thanks to some amazing backing from the local community.

The former pupil of St Brigid’s School in Denbigh was too poorly to attend a “funfest”, held in Abergele the Sunday before last to raise money for his new prosthetic leg.

Janine said: “It was a remarkable day made special by the local community who came together to not only support the event but donate prizes for raffle and tombola and sponsor the stage where we had live bands playing.

“The event was organised by Beeutiful Day Events, and we managed to raise over £2,000. “One lady even had her head shaved to raise money.

“But sadly Harrison couldn’t make it as his immune system is so low at the moment, he could easily pick up an infection and is very tired.”

Janine told the Weekly News of the bravery shown by Harrison over the last 12 months. She said: “We are so proud of our son, he’s had to fight for his life against this devastating and destructive disease.

“He’s endured 18 doses of high dose chemotherapy and nine months of immunotherapy treatment and the unpleasant side effects. In order to potentially save his life, he made the tough decision to have the amputation in January.”

To donate go to www.gofundme.com/ Harrison16fund