'It's like a nightmare you just couldn't wake up from': Adelaide boy fights extremely rare form of cancer
An Adelaide boy is in the fight of his life against one of the rarest forms of blood cancer.
Four-year-old Jaxon Kaplatzis was diagnosed four months ago after a suspect lump developed on his groin overnight.
A biopsy revealed it was an enlarged lymph node containing lymphoblasts which are consistent with leukaemia and lymphoma.
"He was just a normal three-year-old at the time, playing, happy with his brother - there were no signs at all," his mother Victoria said.
Doctors soon discovered it had already spread and immediately started chemotherapy.
"We went from basically being told that it's just a lymphoma in the groin area to it's actually stage three within his body," she said.
"It's like a nightmare you just couldn't wake up from."
Due to Jaxon's low chromosome count Victoria has been told it's the only Australian case of its kind.
For now doctors hope boosting Jaxon's chemotherapy dose will stop the cancer in its tracks. If that fails, his only remaining hope will be a stem cell transplant in Sydney.
"It'll be a really hard road but he's a little fighter."
His rare condition has also taken its toll on the family's finances with Victoria giving up full-time work to care for him.
Relatives have since started a My Cause fundraiser in a bid to provide Jaxon with all the help he can get in his ongoing battle.
