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Lanarkshire mum to take on 10,000 steps a day challenge in memory of son who died just four months after brain tumour diagnosis

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An intrepid Airdrie mum will join a 17-strong team of relatives and friends to take on a 10,000 steps a day challenge in memory of her four-year-old son who died from a brain tumour just four months after being diagnosed.

As Lanarkshire Live previously reported, young Rayhan Majid started having bad headaches and being sick in October 2017. Nadia took him to see four different GPs on six separate occasions but no one thought anything was seriously wrong.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android When Rayhan’s headaches and sickness became continuous, in desperation, Nadia and husband Sarfraz took him to A&E at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where an MRI scan revealed a 3x4cm mass in Rayhan’s brain.Rayhan underwent surgery to remove as much of the tumour as possible which turned out to be an aggressive grade 3 medulloblastoma which was touching his brainstem.His stunned parents were told he would need six weeks of radiotherapy and four months of chemotherapy, but even before the treatment started, another MRI scan revealed the devastating news that the cancer had spread.Despite completing the radiotherapy and his first round of chemotherapy, Rayhan died soon after 4am on April 7, 2018, in the arms of his loving parents.

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