{"id":33198,"date":"2025-11-19T00:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=33198"},"modified":"2025-11-19T00:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:32:07","slug":"teen-told-he-just-had-growing-pains-dies-one-day-after-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=33198","title":{"rendered":"Teen told he just had \u2018growing pains\u2019 dies one day after diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A teenage boy in the UK died just one day after he was given the heartbreaking news that he had leukemia.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"yugrb69ff2a44a402e\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.yugrb69ff2a44a402e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.yugrb69ff2a44a402e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.yugrb69ff2a44a402e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.yugrb69ff2a44a402e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.yugrb69ff2a44a402e {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>According\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15282259\/footballer-dies-leukaemia-doctors-dismissed-growing-pains.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to the<\/a>\u00a0Daily Mail, 16-year-old Harley Andrews was admitted to Royal Bolton Hospital in Lancashire, England, on November 8. Weeks before that he had visited his doctor after feeling under the weather, but was told he was likely suffering from nothing more serious than a viral infection.<\/p>\n<p>A close family friend claimed Harley was informed he might be experiencing \u201cgrowing pains\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Just shy of two weeks ago, however, the teenager \u2013 reportedly a keen soccer and rugby player \u2013 from Leigh, Greater Manchester, noticed blood in his urine.<\/p>\n<p>His father then made the decision to take him to hospital, where doctors delivered the devastating news that he had stage four luekemia, an aggressive form of blood cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had only taken him to the doctor a few weeks ago and said they put it down to growing pains or a viral infection,\u201d Harley\u2019s former elementary school teaching assistant, Kaylee Jackson, who is also a close friend of Harley\u2019s mother, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15282259\/footballer-dies-leukaemia-doctors-dismissed-growing-pains.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the\u00a0Mail.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-180491 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/18122143\/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-13.21.36.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/18122143\/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-13.21.36.png 978w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/18122143\/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-13.21.36-768x649.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"826\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/18122143\/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-13.21.36.png 978w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/18122143\/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-13.21.36-768x649.png 768w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/18122143\/Screenshot-2025-11-18-at-13.21.36.png\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/harley-andrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harley Andrews was just 16 years old. Credit \/ GoFundMe<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cObviously, you don\u2019t think that at 16 they could be seriously unwell. I don\u2019t think he showed any real signs and symptoms to either of his parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The leukemia had caused internal bleeding within Harley\u2019s brain and several organs. He was admitted to hospital on the Saturday, and just a few hours later \u2013 in the early hours of Sunday, November 9 \u2013 Harley passed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe hadn\u2019t even processed he had leukemia before she was told he had passed away,\u201d Kaylee said.<\/p>\n<p>A family friend has since organized a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/mmzfg3-harley-andrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">GoFundMe<\/a>\u00a0page to help the teen\u2019s family with the funeral expenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis warm heart, bright smile, and love for football touched everyone who knew him. Whether he was on the field or cheering from the sidelines, the game brought him so much happiness and brought people together,\u201d the fundraiser reads.<\/p>\n<p>Harley was the second of six children and a beloved member of his the local community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest in peace, Harley Andrews.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teenage boy in the UK died just one day after he was given the heartbreaking news that he had leukemia. According\u00a0to the\u00a0Daily Mail, 16-year-old Harley Andrews was admitted to Royal Bolton Hospital in Lancashire, England, on November 8. 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