In loving memory of Ewen Liu

We are devastated to share the news that Ewen passed away on 28th September 2020.

Ewens story

Ewen was a happy and restless boy who loved to run everywhere. He loved trucks, cars and blowing dandelions. But this amazing little boy had his childhood interrupted by childhood cancer when he was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma at the age of three and a half.

Ewen was a very healthy child until he was diagnosed. But he started to get fevers and could not squat to pick up his toys. His symptoms would come and go, and any scans and tests didnt reveal the tumour.

Finally, a bone marrow test was done. We still remember when the doctor was talking with us, the nurse asked her to take a call. The doctor came back and asked us to go to another room. We immediately felt fear. We were told about the bad cells that had been identified in the bone marrow.

There was an 11cm tumour in his belly and the cancer cells had spread to Ewens skull, femur, and bone marrow.

Ewen was then admitted to hospital to start his frontline treatment. After 100 days of high-dose chemotherapy, he was ready for surgery which lasted for eight hours. Then a series of other treatments followed.

Ewen experienced many side effects during these treatments, and he became fidgety and irritable due to the morphine.

Its heart-breaking when your little boy cannot tell you how uncomfortable he is, but only wants a hug, say Emily and Owen.

During the chemotherapies and bone marrow transplant, Ewen could not eat and felt extreme pain that even morphine could not release. But every time he recovered from the side effects, he became the naughty and fun kid we know and love.

During his bone marrow transplant, this brave little boy endured 30 days in an isolated room, and he understood that he was fighting with small monsters in his body.

Ewen underwent lots of gruelling treatment including chemotherapy, surgery, bone marrow transplant, radiotherapy and immunotherapy but sadly scans showed his cancer had returned in several places.

Ewen passed away surrounded by his family on the 28th of September 2020.