A SICK schoolboy will be spending Christmas in Singapore to receive treatment as he continues to fight his battle against leukaemia.

Oscar Saxelby-Lee is still waiting to receive CAR-T cell therapy - which is only available in Singapore as no other treatment options were available on the NHS - to treat his T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

The treatment was due to start today (December 24), according to the Hand in Hand for Oscar Facebook page, however it has been forced to be put on hold.

The five-year-old has been given steroids as his blood results have come back high.

Oscar’s family have also been told there is a high possibility of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) reoccurring.

HLH is a rare immune disorder where the body reacts inappropriately to a ‘trigger’, usually an infection.

This means Oscar’s specialised white blood cells (known as T-cells) have become over-activated, causing severe inflammation and damage to tissues such as the liver, spleen and bone marrow.

The original Facebook post reads: “We have movement around the bed today. Still spiking temperatures but they are slowly phasing out from being consistent.

“We are opening more Christmas cards and his face says it all. Thank you to everyone who has sent a little something over and to his classmates at Pitmaston who each decorated a card.”

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The following post said: “Back track..... Cell infusion is on hold.

“Steroids have been administered as Oscar’s blood results and certain markers have come back high.

“There’s a high possibility of secondary HLH reoccurring so we must treat first. Never ending.”

Oscar’s parents, Olivia Saxelby and Jamie Lee, pleaded for help to raise £500,000 after being told that, despite a bone marrow transplant, Oscar’s leukaemia had returned.

The community backed the campaign and raised the huge sum in just over three weeks.