Billy Thompson's Journey: Supporting a Brave 4-Year-Old's Last Months with a Terminal Brain Tumour named Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), which was diagnosed in November 2023.

UPDATE:

At 11:10 on Easter Sunday Billy the Brave finally found his peace. He should never have had to fight this battle, but fight he did, and so valiantly right up until his very last breath.

Now he has gained his superhero wings for real. Fly high, Billy the Brave, our Billy, William Freddie Thomas Thompson. We will hold you close with every single heart beat, within every single minute and every single moment of the rest of our lives until we meet again.

I will leave you with a typical Billy question, one he asked me before Christmas. “What about if you do a poo up there in heaven and it falls down to earth. Will my bum be up there?”

I guess now, my darling, you will find out. And if it’s so, keep giggling, keep laughing, keep cheekily charming the pants off everybody you meet, and if you do poop, watch out for us down here.

We couldn’t be more proud of you; you were always too precious for this world.

And then all of a sudden, way too soon, you were gone. And I don’t know how on earth we live without you. My heart is still beating and I’m not quite sure why as it has just been shattered into a million pieces.

Go bravely, Billy, as you always do. ~ Billy's Mummy, Ellie Thompson

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Heartbreakingly, we find ourselves rallying around a little superhero and beautiful boy, 4-year-old Billy, who is courageously battling a terminal brain tumour. Every day Billy spends with his family is treasured.

Billy has gone through thirteen gruelling radiotherapy sessions but radiotherapy alone is not a cure. Chemotherapy has to date been shown to be ineffective in treating DIPG so Billy’s parents anxiously await news what other treatments might be available to fight this terrible illness.

This Just Giving campaign, "Billy Thompson's Journey," aims to provide ongoing financial support for his family, and so they can be there for Billy and Maddie every step of the way, creating moments of joy and laughter and memories they can cherish forever.

Donations will be given to Abbie's Army or a similar DIPG research organisation.

Signed Christina (Billy's Aunty)