Setback for Brightons teenager Ashlee Easton's cancer treatment

Ashlee (13) had flown to New York with mum Lisa earlier this month to restart a bivalent vaccine trial.

Having been diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma at the age of six, doctors hoped the treatment would finally give Ashlee a chance of overcoming the disease.

The Braes High School pupil first jetted out to New York in March – before flights were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic – after family, friends and classmates raised more than half of the £239,000 needed to allow her to begin the treatment.

Sadly, Ashlee has been told her lymphocyte (white blood cell) count is currently too low to allow her to receive the vaccine.

Mum Lisa confirmed the “upsetting” news in a Facebook post.

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She wrote: “After conversations with the doctor we have decided the best option is for us to return home as we have no idea how long this count will take to recover and if it will even recover at all.

“It has been an upsetting situation outwith our control. However, we are keeping everything crossed that we can return for this vaccine one day soon.

“Thank you for all your messages, they always give us a boost especially being away so far away from home.

“Thank you also to our amazing team in Glasgow who go beyond the call of duty to support us in any way they can.

“We are very thankful to you all.”

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