Brother raising money in memory of teen photographer Liz Hatton
Money is being raised through the charity Capture, set up by Liz's family to fund research into desmoplastic small round cell tumours and the care given to young sufferers.Liz and Mateo's mother Vicky Robayna said: "For those young people it is really important that they make the most out of each and every day because the future is really uncertain but there's currently no research out there on young people's views of palliative care."She said Liz's consultant, Dr Bob Phillips, gave her "real choices about how to live the rest of her life"."She knew that he would go all-out to find a solution that didn't involve her having to spend ages in hospital, so she would definitely approve of us trying to give that gift to other young people," she added.
Mateo said the idea for the "Splash and Stitch" event came from combining both of his hobbies."I didn't know how to knit until a year ago when one of my favourite teachers at school taught me how to knit and crochet," he said. "I guess it just relaxes me."Swimming is special to Mateo, his mum added, as Liz watched his first session with Harrogate District swimming squad the night before she died."Unlike Mateo, she was not a fan of swimming, so she was so so proud of him for being such a good swimmer," Vicky said."She was just truly amazing - what she did with her camera, her supportiveness."
Friends from the knitting club at Mateo's school are lending their support and visited for the first two hours of the challenge which was due to last from 14:00 on Friday until 14:00 on Saturday."I think if Liz was here she would really like what we're doing and she would be really proud of Mateo and everyone who supported her, because she was a very nice person," schoolfriend Paloma said.
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