WATCH: Young cancer patient’s amazing reaction when he’s told he can go home

This heart-warming video shows the amazing moment a young cancer patient is told he can go home after a lengthy stay in hospital.

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by Fiona Day |
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Seven-year-old Avery Harriman was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just two years old.

Following treatment he went into remission, but the cancer sadly returned in 2012.

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Avery underwent a bone marrow transplant, but the cancer emerged yet again earlier this year. The brave youngster was admitted to hospital for 23 days of exhausting and gruelling chemotherapy.

The video- which was uploaded onto YouTube by Avery’s father Chris- shows the amazing moment that he finds out he is allowed to spend a few days at home.

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He will now have to wait and find out if the treatment has been successful. If so, Avery will have to undergo a second bone marrow transplant.

Speaking to CBSsports.com, dad Chris said: "There’s no way to sugarcoat it. It’s a bad deal.”

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"The best-case scenario is he has to go through another transplant, and we know he might not get through it. So even the best-case scenario is scary."

Watch the touching clip below:

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