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Daniel Carter, 5, from Hull, East Yorkshire. A five-year-old boy told his stomach pains were due to constipation has been diagnosed with a rare cancer and told he will never walk again. See Ross Parry story RPYACHE; Little Daniel Carter had been complaining of pains in his stomach for months and doctors told his family that he just had constipation. However after his parents Katie and Kevin Carter found him collapsed on the floor of their home in May he was rushed to hospital and underwent urgent tests. They were devastated to be told that he had a cancer of the chest and spine. Daniel has since undergone six gruelling months of treatment and will have to endure another eight months of chemotherapy after a ten-hour operation which he is due to have tomorrow (weds Oct 19) An initial operation on his spine removed the majority of the tumour but tragically it was so badly damaged, Daniel will never be able to walk again.