“I know it’s been a difficult time, but you’re doing really well.”<\/p>\n
His mother Jackie said Max, a Manchester United fan, “lives and breathes football” and the video had put the “biggest smile” on his face.<\/p>\n
Max’s family said he suffered an unexpected seizure on 27 November, and after being taken to Kettering General Hospital was transferred to Nottingham Queen’s Medical Centre, where he is receiving treatment.<\/p>\n
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Speaking to BBC Radio Northampton<\/a>, Jackie said Max was “strong as an Ox [and] keeping the whole family together with his attitude toward this”.<\/p>\n She said she had spoke to other parents in a similar situation who had taken their children to Germany to receive a treatment not available in UK which had been “able to extend their [children’s] lives”.<\/p>\n Max is receiving treatment at Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre [Family Handout]<\/p>\n Jackie said the family had been “absolutely blown away” by the donations and the amount of support shown.<\/p>\n “Words will never be able to explain how thankful we are,” she said.<\/p>\n She added Max was “very aware of what is going on” with his condition.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “He’s amazing in the way he says ‘there is nothing to worry about mum, I’m in the best place and if I’m not worried you shouldn’t be worried'”, Jackie said.<\/p>\n But she added that for the family “it feels like our world has fallen apart”.<\/p>\n Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and X<\/a>.<\/p>\n You might also be interested in![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7260658a9d4f6dd2f7640b200071ff97.jpeg\"\/)
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