Fresh hope for Yorkshire family as thousands donated towards mother-of-four's cancer treatment

Donations have been pouring in after money for a Yorkshire woman's potentially life-saving cancer treatment ran out.

Husband Liam Major made a desperate plea this weekend, saying that his family needed to find at least 10,000 euros by Thursday if his wife, Sally Major, was to continue receiving cutting edge immunotherapy in Germany.

"I am literally begging,” he said. “I can’t let my wife and amazing mum of my kids deteriorate, suffer and ultimately pass while knowing there’s treatment available that works.”

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Yorkshire husband’s desperate plea as money for wife’s cancer treatment runs out

Since then around £30,000 has been donated via the YouCaring crowdfunding website by people moved by their plight.

As reported previously, mother-of-four Mrs Major had been suffering symptoms and visiting her GP for four years before she was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer in May 2015.

The 33-year-old had been warned by doctors in the UK that her advanced bowel cancer was incurable, but she was determined to undergo the immunotherapy treatment.

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Her family remortgaged their home in Silsden, near Keighley, and sold their car to help pay for the treatment at the Hallwang Clinic, near Stuttgart. It uses medication which can reset the immune system to attack cancerous cells, but the drugs are not available through the NHS.

Since Mrs Major began her third spell of treatment earlier this month, 31-year-old Mr Major said there had been “some pretty amazing results”.

The encouraging signs meant it was an even greater blow when all the money generated by the family, earlier donations via YouCaring and funds raised by supporters were spent.

Writing on the donations webpage, Mr Major said: “Sally can barely stand for a second, has lost all muscle mass and we’re not able to get her home. Equally we can’t afford to stay here so have no option.”

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His heartfelt message has spurred on thousands of people to give money in the past few days, with some donating hundreds of pounds.

One donor wrote: “My wife and I met Sally briefly in Airedale Hospital prior to Christmas and admired her positive outlook. We were shocked to hear that her condition had been missed for so long and saddened that she could not be treated at home.”

Click here to donate to the appeal.

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