Generous golfers are taking part in a fundraiser to help send a two-year-old boy to the US for cancer treatment.

Kian Connell’s family must see him through weeks of chemotherapy and a risky operation in the UK before they are able to take him to America for pioneering treatment to stop his cancer coming back.

His family are determined to raise the £140,000 needed to pay for a new drug, DFMO, which aims to stop the disease recurring.

When Kian was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in July last year it was already at its most advanced stage.

Neuroblastoma is a rare cancer that mostly affects young children. It develops from nerve cells called neuroblasts.

Shortly after his diagnosis, Kian underwent his first cycle of chemotherapy called Rapid Cojec which lasted 70 days, and a few months later the family was told that he still had neuroblastoma in his bone marrow.

Doctors also found three other hotspots alongside the primary tumour and said he would have to undergo a further six weeks of intense chemotherapy.

Once complete, surgeons need to perform a dangerous operation on the youngster to remove the primary tumour in his neck.

There is a chance Kian will not survive the hazardous operation and he could be paralysed in his left arm or be left with serious brain damage.

His mum Lisa Rossiter, from Glasgow, said: “The doctors and nurses have been great and I can’t thank his consultant enough. He saved his life.

“But it’s a disgrace that parents have to raise all this money to fund treatment that isn’t available here.”

It will take 18 months after surgery for Kian to be clear of cancer.

Then he will be ready for the treatment if his family manage to raise enough money.

Lisa said: “You need to be able to go within 120 days of the all-clear so I need to have that money ready.”

Family friend, Brian Carmichael, director of Hillington Timber and Doors, is hosting a charity day in Renfrew Golf Club to raise the much needed funds.

It is being organised for the company’s customers and suppliers and a number of ex-professional football players are also heading along to show their support.

These include former Celtic players Alan Rough, Frank McAvennie and Joe Miller, former Rangers players Gus MacPherson, Andy Goram and Gordon Smith and former St Mirren players Tom Brown and Tommy Turner.

The event will take place this Friday and there will be various golf competitions and prizes.

Lisa added: “To say our lives have been shattered into a thousand tiny pieces is an understatement.

“We have never felt heartache or sadness like this."

“But no matter how hard it gets, we will keep fighting. We will travel the world by foot if we have to.”

If you would like to donate to Kian’s treatment visit crowdfunding.justgiving.com/Ki ansNeuroblastomaJourney.