"It pains me to see mum get upset about losing her hair" - Brave Rugby schoolboy's pledge for cancer-stricken mother

A Rugby schoolboy felt helpless when his mum was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at the start of the year.

Jack Billy Woods, 14, is having his hair shaved in honour of brave mum Sarah, 46, who is losing her locks due to cancer treatment.

The SEN teaching assistant found a lump at the end of November.

Sarah, a mother of three childen, is currently undergoing gruelling chemotherapy.

She said: “The wait for results after my biopsies was horrendous.

"When I was diagnosed I was terrified for my kids, that's all I could think about.

“And then my consultant told me I'd have chemo and would lose my hair; that was hard to take.”

Sarah tried ‘cold cap’, where a hat that is worn during chemotherapy treatments. Its cooling effect reduces blood flow to the scalp, which also reduces the amount of hair lost.

Her son wanted to support his mother.

Jack, 14, said: “January 4th is the day I returned home to the devastating diagnosis of her awful condition.