CBeebies star Mister Maker has sent a heartfelt video message to an Island tot battling cancer.

Louissa and John Whitelock were given the devastating news their 10-month-old baby girl, Florence, had a neuroblastoma tumour last month, after eight weeks of assessments at Medway Maritime Hospital.

Neuroblastoma is a rare type of cancer that is most likely to affect babies and young children.

WATCH: Mister Maker sends video message to Florence and her siblings

About 100 youngsters a year are diagnosed in the UK, according to the NHS, and it is most common in those under the age of five.

Florence was admitted to London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, where she had biopsies and MRI scans before starting a course of chemotherapy at the end of February.

Last week she finished a second round. Doctors hope the treatment will shrink the tumour, which has doubled from the size of a tennis ball since Christmas, so that it is small enough to be surgically removed.

Mrs Whitelock, 26, of Coronation Road, Sheerness, said: “Flo is losing her hair and is on strong painkillers but apart from that she’s doing really well.

“She has taken the chemo in her stride and she’s not letting it stop her being our happy little girl.”

Mister Maker sent a special video message to Florence and her siblings, Evie, five, and Ralph, three.

In the clip, the children’s favourite said he had sent them “very special” cards, which he only sends to his “very, very best friends”.

He added: “I am sending lots and lots of love to all three of you, all of your friends and family and, of course, everyone on Elephant Ward at Great Ormond Street Hospital.”

Mrs Whitelock said she was shocked when she received the video message last Tuesday.

“One of the mums from Evie’s school, Chloe Hope, sent it to me – her daughter, Darcie, is Evie’s best friend,” she said. “It’s a really lovely thing for Chloe to have done and my kids absolutely loved it.”

The Whitelocks are trying to raise £5,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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