Stephen Sutton back in hospital days soon after raising £3m for cancer charity

Stephen Sutton has so far raised far more than £3.22m for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Photograph: Stephen Sutton/PA

A terminally ill teenager has returned to hospital days after celebrating raising much more than £3m for a cancer charity.

Stephen Sutton told supporters on Facebook on Sunday he was back in hospital right after developing “breathing troubles” the previous evening.

The 19-12 months-old has collected much more than £3.22m for the Teenage Cancer Trust since posting a image of himself in hospital in April with a goodbye message when he believed he was near to death.

Even so, he produced what he referred to as “a miraculous recovery”, coughing up a tumour, and following successful surgery was effectively sufficient to be discharged from Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth hospital on two Might.

But commenting on his Facebook webpage, he told supporters he was yet again posting from his hospital bed.

He stated: “Sadly I have ended up back in hospital. I had some breathing issues beginning last [Saturday] evening and after going to A&ampE have been admitted back to a ward for monitoring.

“I’ve nonetheless got the cough, then fairly rapidly produced a wheeze in my breathing and breathlessness on any physical exertion.

“There’s no immediate panic and I’m currently really stable – I have been place on nebulisers and other meds which are at the moment helping my signs and symptoms hugely.”

He mentioned: “The medical doctors consider there might be one thing restricting my airway once more, they’re not positive precisely what however though (tumour regrowth, infection, irritation, are all possible causes talked about), but are at the moment discussing the choices and my scan benefits to choose what to do up coming.”

In excess of the weekend, a petition at change.org calling for Stephen to be knighted for his charity operate and efforts to increase awareness about cancer had attracted 31,300 signatures.

Sutton good-humouredly described his re-admission to hospital as “very inconvenient”.

“I had a number of amazing things planned to attend nowadays, then tomorrow was due to seem on the telly on BBC Breakfast Information,” he stated.

“I comprehend my well being is the apparent priority though and have had to cancel.

“Fingers crossed the problem will be resolved and that I will be out of hospital quickly – I will maintain you all up to date with how I’m acquiring on.”

The teenager, who is from Burntwood in Staffordshire, was diagnosed with bowel cancer when he was 15. Despite treatment method the tumours spread, with physicians telling him the disease was terminal in 2012.

His story has attracted assistance from celebrities including comedians Jason Manford, Russell Brand and Stephen Fry, and the music mogul Simon Cowell.

He had been doing work by way of a 46-level bucket-checklist, but recently mentioned it had “now taken a bit of a back seat” so he could concentrate on assisting and motivating others.

The teenager recently led a productive try to break the globe record for the variety of people producing a heart-shaped hand gesture, setting a new benchmark of 554.

Stephen Sutton back in hospital days soon after raising £3m for cancer charity