Bradley Lowery’s dad is ‘fortunate to be alive’ after he was concerned in a severe accident.

Wife Gemma has revealed devoted dad Carl was in hospital for 2 weeks following an incident in May and has been unable to work since due to his damage.

Gemma, who launched the Bradley Lowery Foundation in reminiscence of the couple’s son, paid tribute to her “superb husband” and mentioned they have been getting by means of one more troublesome time collectively.

Bradley, from Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, captured hearts across the globe as he bravely battled neuroblastoma – a uncommon and aggressive type of childhood most cancers.

Following his tragic loss of life in 2017, the six-year-old’s household launched the inspiration and vowed their expertise with the illness would be the inspiration to assist others combating life-limiting sicknesses.

The charity has since raised greater than £3million for dozens of poorly youngsters throughout the UK; established a devoted help line for the households of youngsters with most cancers; donated over £200Ks to researching childhood cancers and campaigned for brand new medicine to be launched within the UK.

Gemma wrote on the Bradley Lowery Foundation Facebook web page: “Myself and my superb husband Carl have been collectively for 21 years. We began courting on the age of 16, which looks like an eternity in the past.

“Everyone has ups and downs and I’ve to say, we have now had sufficient downs to final a lifetime.

“However I do not assume anybody’s life goes precisely as deliberate. We by no means anticipated what life threw at us, shedding Bradley was the worst factor we might of ever imagined.

“Then this yr in May just some days earlier than Bradley’s birthday Carl had a severe accident by which he’s very fortunate to be alive.

“He was in hospital for 2 weeks and he has been left unable to work due to his damage, as you’ll be able to think about it has been one more troublesome time however we getting by means of it collectively.

“We have two superb youngsters, who make us so proud, and though Bradley is with the angels, his legacy lives on in not solely us, however all of you too, as a result of with out everybody’s help, I would not be in a position to do the superb issues for his charity.”