Stephen Sutton has messaged his followers on Facebook stating that he is in “a good stable state”, saying he has “no immediate problems and in fact feel better than I did when I first came into hospital last Sunday.”
The terminally-ill teenager has astounded people with his bravery when he made his cancer battle public to raise money for charity. Since setting his mission, the campaign has been supported by donations to teenage cancer charities in the UK, with celebrities stepping in to help create awareness.
Stephen posted a heartbreaking farewell to his followers earlier this week, but in a post made public today, the teen said there has been the most ‘bizarre but fortunate twist’ in his tale yet.
In a remarkable update, the 19-year old revealed he had coughed up a tumour which was causing him breathing difficulties.
In his Facebook post he details the events leading up to him coughing up the tumour:
“From around mid afternoon yesterday I developed a slight cough which slowly got worse as the day went on. From mid evening yesterday I developed a slight ‘wheeze’ in my breathing again which gradually got worse. After some visitors I had round in the evening left I tried sitting up in a chair, but straight away started asking the nurse to increase my oxygen levels as I was getting extremely short of breath. I then returned to my bed where I stabilised slightly for a while, but my breathing was still not right.
After a lying there for a bit longer the coughing increased and then suddenly the shortness of breath became incredibly severe. Amongst frantic hand pointing and panicking I felt like I was like suffocating. Then I forced out an oval red stained solid object through my mouth. My breathing and airway straight away felt clearer, but I spent the next hour violently coughing and choking, but then eventually my breathing once again stabilised.
Since then, my breathing has dramatically improved. I’m really stuck for the words of how to describe it. Throughout the night my throat was pretty sore but my 02 and other saturation levels are great. This morning I am relying on NO external oxygen to breath at all and I’m feeling bloody fantastic!!”
Although the teen is waiting to hear his latest prognosis from his medical team, he’s remaining positive, signing off his post:
” It’s still a case of taking each day as it comes, but at the moment the days just keep on coming!! :)”
The terminally-ill teenager broke all records on fundraising website JustGiving by persuading the public to donate more than £2.4 million.
