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Oscar Knox home in Belfast after treatment setback | Oscar Knox home in Belfast after treatment setback |
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Oscar Knox, the four-year-old Belfast child who has a rare form of cancer, has arrived home in Northern Ireland after a failed attempt at specialist treatment. | Oscar Knox, the four-year-old Belfast child who has a rare form of cancer, has arrived home in Northern Ireland after a failed attempt at specialist treatment. |
Oscar, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, was unable to undergo a six-month treatment in Philadelphia after a problem was discovered with his heart. | |
His situation deteriorated, but he has recovered enough to make the journey home. | His situation deteriorated, but he has recovered enough to make the journey home. |
Posting on Twitter, his family said he had arrived back on Saturday night by air ambulance. | Posting on Twitter, his family said he had arrived back on Saturday night by air ambulance. |
"Flight was good and all is well," the family wrote on the social networking site. | "Flight was good and all is well," the family wrote on the social networking site. |
They added that while they did not "get what we went out for" they were pleased to be home. | They added that while they did not "get what we went out for" they were pleased to be home. |
Writing on the Oscar Knox appeal blog his mother Leona said they felt "lost" but that they would continue to search for a treatment. | Writing on the Oscar Knox appeal blog his mother Leona said they felt "lost" but that they would continue to search for a treatment. |
"We are back to the drawing board, and very much looking forward to fully assessing our new position with Oscar's fantastic and very supportive consultant back home," she said. | "We are back to the drawing board, and very much looking forward to fully assessing our new position with Oscar's fantastic and very supportive consultant back home," she said. |
"We need some time to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down, and prepare for the next step. Whatever it may be. | "We need some time to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down, and prepare for the next step. Whatever it may be. |
"As always, in the rare times that we feel deflated, we look to Oscar for courage to keep fighting." | "As always, in the rare times that we feel deflated, we look to Oscar for courage to keep fighting." |
Oscar won the hearts of people across the world after his family set up a Twitter account to update people. | |
The County Antrim family raised £250,000 to pay for the immunotherapy treatment. | The County Antrim family raised £250,000 to pay for the immunotherapy treatment. |
The aim of the treatment was to clear up any neuroblastoma left in his body. | The aim of the treatment was to clear up any neuroblastoma left in his body. |
His parents said the treatment would have boosted his immune system to fight the cancer if it was ever to come back. | His parents said the treatment would have boosted his immune system to fight the cancer if it was ever to come back. |
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