A SCHOOLBOY who has fought off leukaemia twice has returned from a trip of a lifetime to the theme parks of Orlando, Florida.
Aiden Pellow from Halvasso, near Penryn, joined 191 other ill or disabled children from across the UK on the ten-day holiday with Dreamflight.
Every year it takes a group of children on the trip, beginning with a party at the airport and a flight on a specially chartered plane.
The highlight for him was a chance to swim with dolphins, but he described the theme parks as "awesome" and celebrated his 11th birthday at Sea World.
Aiden was 2 when he was first struck down by the disease but went into remission after three years of low-dosage chemotherapy.
But in 2009 his parents Yolanda Tonkin and Ross Pellow were told the devastating news that the leukaemia had returned. After months at Bristol Children's Hospital, he underwent a bone marrow transplant, donated by his younger brother Kian.
Aiden was nominated for the trip by the local hospital who got him through his treatment.
Ms Tonkin said: "Aiden got to swim with dolphins. I wish I was there to see his face, he would have been in his element.
"He had the holiday of a lifetime that he would have enjoyed to the full."
During the trip there were lots of "random acts of kindness" from staff and public at the parks.
Aiden was the recipient of a Bart Simpson toy after someone saw him looking at it through a shop window and asked if he could buy it.
Ms Tonkin said she read about the gift on the Dreamflights Facebook page, but because they protect the identities of the children, did not know it was Aiden.
"I am a very proud mum to think that Aiden touched someone in such a way, inspirational."
