Sad news

Chace back with whanau after UK drug bid fails

Ryan and Keri Topperwien are making the most of every day with their little boy Chace, after an expensive drug trial they hoped would save his life failed.

The 3-year-old has had a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia since he was 2, and in April began a drug trial at the Royal Marsden Hospital near London.

But when the preschooler's pain increased dramatically after the first of four infusions, the Hamilton family flew home and waited anxiously, praying the drug had worked.

Tests at the Starship hospital last month confirmed the couple's worst fears - the drug was not strong enough to reduce his leukaemic cells.

They had hoped the drug would fight the cancer long enough for Chace to have a second bone marrow transplant, his best chance of survival.

"There is no chance of another transplant," Mrs Topperwien said.

"It would be doomed to failure since he has too much leukaemic cells."

That is heartbreaking news.

I have been praying for that little guy and following his progress ever since i first heard about him - and will keep praying for him and his family.

If little Chace's story is not proof that life isn't fair - i don't know what is.

Gutted.