A single mother forced to tell her six year old son that she no longer stays in the battle against cancer

A single mother struggling with cancer was forced to tell her six-year-old son that she would not live long after the doctors told her that her condition had become incurable.

Naomi Knighton, 26, of Derby, suffers from a rare form of leukemia and has undergone two bone marrow transplants in an attempt to recover from the "very aggressive" disease.

But oncologists have asked Naomi and her family to "prepare for the worst" after the deterioration of her condition.

She moved in with her mother Jean and had to explain to her six year old son, J & # 39; varn, that she was in the last stages of her life.

Her sister Kirsty, 32, said it was hard to accept that Naomi would eventually lose her fight after years of fighting this disease.

She said, "It was heartbreaking. We watched it a lot and we always thought it would succeed because it always managed to succeed – and it is so strong.

"There have been times when doctors were surprised when she was successful. She always succeeds against all odds.

Naomi had studied at Derby College to become an adult nurse and had been offered a place to study at Derby University last year.

A teenager diagnosed her with chronic myeloid leukemia when her mother noticed that she was suffering from many colds, throat infections and coughs.

The doctors did tests and discovered that she was suffering from this disease, a type of cancer that affects white blood cells and tends to evolve slowly over many years.

She was told that she would only have a few weeks to live on January 11th of this year, but that she could gain a little more time by accepting a mix of chemotherapy and steroids.

Kirsty, who was with Naomi at the time, said, "They said that she had two choices. She could stop it all that day and let it be. But the doctor said it would be fast because very aggressive. He said we would talk weeks, not months.

"The option chosen by Naomi was to save time."

Kirsty said that Naomi's son had learned that his mother had not left for a long time.

She said, "I vimed her very well the day she told him. He accepted it. I think that, in a way, because she was always poor, he was used to being hospitalized or not.

"It helped him somehow."

Kirsty is raising money for Naomi's funeral and, since the creation of a Gofundme page last Thursday, has raised more than £ 1,500 from her £ 2,500 generous friends.

The money will be used to fund the white coffin claimed by Naomi, a "nice tombstone for her son," and a festive evening with music and dance after her funeral.

You can donate by visiting this Gofundme page.