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The mum of a cancer -stricken boy - who almost died after catching a cold - says people need to stop moaning about "inconvenient" coronavirus measures.

Vicky Ward's five-year-old son Ace has been in 'lockdown' since he was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphobastic Leukaemia in January and the mum-of-three has hit out at people moaning that football games and concerts have been cancelled.

Vicky says people need to be "mindful of other people's reality" after Ace - who has no immune system so could die if he contracts Covid-19 - battled back from the brink of death last week.

(Image: Vicky Ward)

She said: "Are the schools shutting? Supermarkets? Football games? Crowded events? What an inconvenience right?

"Meet Ace, the face of a seriously immuno-compromised child with no neutrophils to fight infection. None. After last week, nearly losing our baby to a common cold, can you imagine what coronavirus would do?"

Vicky, from Irvine , says people need to take the virus seriously and stop thinking it won't affect them.

(Image: Vicky Ward)

She added:"Why are people taking it seriously? He's why!

"Unless you have seen your child getting worked on by his team and ICU with sepsis shock, I guess you'll never know, but try and be mindful of other people's reality."

Vicky and Ace have been in 'lockdown' in Glasgow Royal Hospital for Sick Children for more than seven weeks.

The mum has barely seen her oldest two children Harrison, nine and seven-year-old Hallie, says she would love to be 'locked up at home with my kids for a few weeks'.

She said: "I'm blessed to be sitting with my son having a burger as last week we thought it would never happen, it's been crap to be in here as long and now even longer, I would love to be locked up at home with my kids for a few weeks as I've seen them five times if I'm lucky in seven weeks."

(Image: Vicky Ward)

Vicky is urging everyone to take coronavirus seriously and says special containment measures "need to happen".

She said: "I do know it's a massive inconvenience to those without childcare, self employed or on zero hour contracts and that's been our reality for seven weeks now.

"Locked in a room away from the world waving through a window.

It's my son's life and will be probably for the next block.

"Ace cant afford to get anything else he's high risk and has not had chemotherapy for two weeks now. More delays are not an option and another bug could kill him.

"Hopefully it's not forever and people can return to normal but for now this is what needs to happen."

Last month we told how Ace had has overcome his fear of losing his hair - thanks to his Celtic idol Scott Brown .

(Image: Vicky Ward)

The schoolkid was distraught at the prospect of losing his blonde spiky hair - but as soon as Ace realised he would be the same as his Celtic hero, he was delighted.

Vicky said: "I just asked him if he wanted me to shave it all off. He said yes straight away then smiled and said 'I'll have a Broony'."