A 12-year-old boy fighting cancer loses the ability to smile and see with his left eye

A young boy struggling with a form of brain cancer lost the ability to smile after suffering from Bell's palsy.

Charlie IIsley had brain tumors and the spine had been removed only two years apart during his two battles against medulloblastoma, the most common brain malignancy in children.

The 12-year-old is unable to smile because of Bell's paralysis, unable to see his left eye and stopped growing.

His parents have launched a campaign to raise nearly £ 50,000 in Germany for treatments that they hope will prevent cancer from coming back and give Charlie a "chance to fight," reports the Daily Record.

Scottish musician Jim Duncan joined the fundraiser after hearing about Charlie's battle.

The young man was diagnosed while he was only eight years old.

The singer was moved after the release of Charlie, Emmer Green, Reading, in the Channel 4 Stand Up to Cancer series.

Duncan, 40, said, "Earlier this year, I was watching the Great British Bake Off, but it was a special Stand Up Against Cancer show.

"Charlie came on TV and I immediately wanted to help."

The program showed Charlie and his mother, Toni, 49, in a hospital in Turkey while undergoing high-dose chemotherapy to treat his second cancer.

Mrs. Ilsley, a pharmacist, said, "Charlie was undergoing intense treatment when the cancer returned to his spine.

"We raised £ 110,000 for specialized treatment in Turkey that was not available on the NHS and ultimately saved the life.

"Channel 4 called to talk to us about Jim and went from there."

Charlie got the green light in May of this year.

But his mother, his father Mark, 51, his sister Jessica, 30, and his brother Ollie, 22, have launched another fundraising challenge.

Mrs. Ilsley said, "We need £ 47,000 to get treatment in Germany.

"It will help prevent cancer from coming back, giving Charlie a chance to fight.

"From there, Jim intervened with the song."

Mr. Duncan from Biggar, Lanarkshire, dialed Charlie's Song to raise funds.

He said: "I spoke to Toni and learned that Charlie practiced gambling, swimming and superheroes, which I incorporated into the song."

Mrs. IIsley added, "Charlie loved it. Thanks to Jim. "