Aussie mum overwhelmed as truckies help farewell son in touching funeral scene

More than 15 trucks lined a Brisbane street on Friday to celebrate the life of four-year-old Calib Granger who last month lost his battle with brain cancer.

"He was definitely the family clown. He loved to make you laugh," his mum Brooke Granger told Yahoo News Australia. "Calib absolutely loved trucks, monster trucks and motorbikes so it only felt right to do that for our warrior."

After Calib's one-year fight with terminal brain cancer he "grew his angel wings" on June 22, with his parents Brooke and Joseph eager to give their son a funeral he "would've loved", recruiting all the truck drivers they know to drive in a convoy down Anzac Avenue in Moreton Bay.

In a solemn procession, the big rigs tooted their horns in honour of young Calib.

'First in the world to have this cancer with four tumours'

Brooke recalled her son complaining of sore ears and "wanting to lie down" all the time when she decided to seek medical assistance. However it was a long process before the family finally started to get answers.

"The first seven doctors said he had ear infections. The eighth said it was behavioural issues and the ninth was a home doctor who told us to go straight to hospital. When we arrived at the hospital they thought he'd had a stroke," Brooke said.

After multiple scans and tests, Calib was diagnosed with chordoma — a rare type of slow growing cancer found inside the spine.

"He was the first in the world to have this cancer with four tumours. Two in his brain, one on his lung wall and one behind his heart," Brooke explained.

Calib received 44 rounds of radiation and one round of chemotherapy, with his health deteriorating in January when he contracted pneumonia. Subsequent scans confirmed he was battling more than the one tumour that doctors were initially aware of.

"I feel like my boy wasn't cared about at all. And no one took me seriously," Brooke said, believing the extent of her son's illness was overlooked until the end of his life.

"He was full of life and love. He was shy but crazy around his family... He always looked out for his older sister Harmoniie."

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Pictures and videos of Calib's epic send off were shared online, with Brooke incredibly grateful to the community for honouring her son in such a personalised way.

"I was very overwhelmed ... I can't thank them enough," Brooke said.

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