Student, 20, given £5k by Man City star Jack Grealish dies of leukaemia after getting just weeks to live
pa href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23087091/jack-grealish-donates-student-cancer/Dylan Lamb/a thought he#8217;d pulled a muscle and went to the a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/gp-doctors-surgeries/doctor/a with back pain earlier this year./p
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pThe 20-year-old was then diagnosed with Precursor T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/leukaemia/Leukaemia/a./p
pDylan, from Burton-upon-Trent, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/staffordshire/Staffordshire/a, died at home surrounded by his family on Saturday evening./p
pA post on a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/social-media/social media/a read: #8220;He went in his sleep with his family by his side, having said his goodbyes to all of his friends the day before and he was still full of laughs and jokes.#8221;/p
pDylan#8217;s friends continued: #8220;I cannot put into words the love that us lads and Dylan#8217;s family have felt through this difficult time./p
p#8220;We cannot thank everyone enough for the continued support and love./p
p#8220;I hope we have done you proud bro and I hope you know that we will always love you.#8221;/p
pa href=https://www.gofundme.com/f/dylans-leukaemia-treatment?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheetamp;utm_medium=copy_link_allamp;utm_source=customer target=_blank aria-label= (opens in a new tab) rel=noreferrer noopenerA GoFundMe page/a was set up to raise funds for Dylan to head to a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/united-states/America/a for life-saving treatment./p
pIt has so far raised more than £170,000, while his friends took on the Three Peaks Challenge./p
pa href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196702/england/England/a and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196654/manchester-city/Manchester City/a ace Jack Grealish chipped in after hearing about the a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/liverpoolLiverpool/a University student#8217;s plight./p
pThe 27-year-old star shared the page link on a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/instagram/Instagram/a in July with a broken heart and crying emoji./p
pHe posted: #8220;Please have a read.#8221;/p
pDiscussing Dylan#8217;snbsp;a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/cancer/cancer/anbsp;battle, his girlfriend Phoebe Cole said: #8220;It got progressively worse, he lost his appetite and was being sick./p
p#8220;His mum took him to Aamp;E in unbearable pain and a blood test showed his white blood cells were through the roof./p
p#8220;It all happened so fast, he was diagnosed with Precursor T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and then three days later he was having chemotherapy.#8221;/p
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figure id=attachment_23699314 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 824pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/back-horror-man-20-given-832074520.jpg?strip=allamp;w=814 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23699314 width=814 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGoFundMe../figcredit/figureHe was then diagnosed with Precursor T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia[/caption]