A MOTHER hopes she can raise enough money to give her severely ill three-year-old son a better life.

Leo Hudson, from Marston, was a normal little boy until he suffered a life-threatening seizure three months ago.

Doctors did not know what was wrong with the youngster, but another seizure in a swimming pool left him fighting for his life in a coma.

Health experts diagnosed him with a rare type of epilepsy, known as Doose syndrome, which is often resistant to medication.

Now his mother, Jade Hudson, is on a mission to raise funds so Leo can have a better quality of life and cope as best he can with his condition.

The 27-year-old said: “I started fundraising because I had no idea what the future will bring. Leo was having 50 seizures day and night and his behaviour had changed.

“He constantly bit me and screamed. He was in so much pain.

“I didn’t think I would get as far as I have, I have to watch him 24/7 and he can’t be independent like he used to be before. Now he has no sense of danger.

“I feel lucky as at one point I thought I was going to lose my beautiful boy.”

Miss Hudson is holding a fundraising event at the Red Lion pub in Oxford Road, Marston, on Saturday, August 29, to raise cash.

From 2pm to 7pm at the pub, there will be a raffle, live music, an ice cream van and an auction with a signed Luis Suarez shirt, signed Kimi Räikkönen and Roman Grosjean items as well a signed Oxford United shirt.

Miss Hudson, who also has a seven-month-old daughter called Ivy, has set a target of £7,500 on a Justgiving page and the money raised will go towards a pulse alarm, smart watch, special cameras to monitor him and safety proofing for the house.

But the main thing the mother-of-two would like for her son is a dog trained to help her son.

The single mum added: “The dog fully trained costs £6,000 plus VAT so anything towards it would help us a lot.

“I want Leo to have a companion too.

“All I’ve ever wanted is to make his life better. He’s now been diagnosed with this condition, which is very rare.

“There are 600,000 people in the UK with epilepsy and only two children in 1,000 have Doose Syndrome.

“Leo has improved slightly – his seizures aren’t as frequent, but now it’s the behaviour and the tiredness. He can’t walk more than a few metres.

“He then gets tired and has a seizure. He’s had two life-threatening ones.”

* To donate to Leo’s cause visit gofundme.com/wu7qd5d5w