Mother's heartbreaking tribute to five-year-old son Charlie Proctor who died of cancer

A heartbroken mother whose son died from a rare form of cancer has shared an emotional tribute to her “incredible little boy”.

Amber Schofield said her five-year-old Charlie Proctor passed away in her arms and with his father’s wrapped around them after battling a tumour which began in his liver.

“Last night at 23:14 my best friend, my world, Charlie, took his final breath,” she wrote on Facebook on Saturday.

“He fell asleep peacefully cuddled in my arms with daddy’s arms wrapped around us. Our hearts are aching.

“The world has lost an incredible little boy. Charlie, you gave me chance to be a mum.

“You have been, not only our biggest inspiration but you have been an inspiration to thousands of people all over the world.

“You showed me what love really means Charlie. Now it’s time to fly, I am so, so proud of you. You fought this so hard.

“My baby, I’m hurting so much. I will forever miss you baby bum.

“Sweet dreams my baby.”

Just hours before he passed she posted what she said would be “the last photo” she intended to share, as his condition worsened.

She wrote: “This will be the last photo I post of Charlie. As the days go by he deteriorates more and more. He no longer looks like Charlie. He’s so thin, I can see and feel every bone in his tiny body, his sunken face, his rolling eyes.”

Describing her son, she said she wanted people to remember him for how he looked when he was healthier.

She also said the boy, from Lancashire, had said he was “sorry” to his mum for his sickness.

She and his father Ben Proctor had raised funds for treatments for young Charlie after he was diagnosed with a rare cancer that begins in his liver, a Hepatoblastoma, in February 2016.

The cancer had spread to his lungs and had “taken over” his liver, he had been treated with chemotherapy but this had not worked.

Around £855,000 was needed to send him to America for potentially “life-saving” treatment the family hoped would help him

It raised just shy of £360,000, with singer Pink having been among those who donated to the fund.