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Music mogul Simon Cowell has stunned the mum of a toddler fighting cancer for a second time by phoning her to offer to donate £25,000 for his treatment.

Kind Cowell was moved by Kian Musgrove's plight and agreed to pay for him to fly the little boy to see a specialist in the US.

X Factor supremo Cowell made a surprise call to Kian’s mum as she sat at her son’s hospital bedside at the Royal Victoria Infirmary on Wednesday, Chronicle Live reports.

Mum Kat, 27, said: “I can’t believe it, I have tears streaming down my face.

“He just called up and said he wanted to help and said he would drop £25,000 into our fundraising account.

“I’m still trying to get my head around it all. He was so nice and kind and just said he wanted to do something to help.”

(Image: Family Photo)

The Britain’s Got Talent judge stepped in after hearing about our campaign to get Kian to America for £500,000 relapse treatment after the toddler was diagnosed with an aggressive form of childhood cancer for the second time.

Kat, of Newbiggin Hall, said: “It was such a lovely surprise which has come at such a difficult time. This means so much.

“I want to thank everyone who has donated, everyone has been incredibly kind.”

Kian has just a few weeks to raise the £500,000 needed to get specialist relapse treatment in New York after he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma.

Thanks to the kindness and charity work of people across the North East, more than £400,000 has been raised so far.

Earlier this week, we revealed how there was an online movement to get Simon Cowell involved in the campaign to get Kian to America.

And now, after reading about Kian’s fight, he has stepped in.

Kat said: “He’s also offered to pay our flights to the New York clinic too.”

Cowell is also backing Kian’s fight on his Twitter page.

Toddler Kian is currently in Newcastle’s Great North Children’s Hospital where he is undergoing chemotherapy.

The youngster was first diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma in October 2013. His tiny body was riddled with 27 different tumours.

Kian Musgrove and his mum KatKian Musgrove and his mum Kat

The illness attacked his nerve cells around the kidneys on an adrenal gland where a tumour had developed. It then travelled around his body and spread to his bones and across his pelvis.

Chemotherapy followed, including stem cell removal, high dose chemotherapy, radiotherapy and subsequent immunotherapy treatment.

It took eight months, but eventually Kian’s cancer was no longer detectable to the delight of his family.

Since then Kat, also mum to Katie, four, has worked tirelessly to raise the money towards relapse therapy should her son fall ill again.

In December last year, Kat received the news she had been dreading - the cancer had returned and Kian would need to fight for his life all over again.

• To help Kian, visit kapipal.com/caringforkian