Seven-year-old Mitchell Ray will never sleep between superhero-themed sheets on his new bed in the family's revamped and partly-renovated West Dubbo home.
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The brave little boy, who has received treatment for cancer in Sydney for almost a year, is "out of options".
On the Mitchell Blasts Neuroblastoma Facebook page on Monday night, his mother Erin informed family, friends and supporters of his deteriorating condition.
"CT today has shown that he is full of cancer," she wrote.
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"It has taken over his lung. It has taken over his liver.
It's in his bone marrow and there are spots on his scalp.
"He has spinal compression and there is a very real risk of paralysis."
Mrs Ray said Mitchell had "done an amazing job".
"But the recommendation is just that this has ravaged him so thoroughly in the last week that he is out of options," she wrote.
"In terms of timeline we are talking days/weeks only. It doesn't seem like we will make Christmas."
Jeremy and Erin Ray, their children Mitchell, Hannah and Connor, had been on their "very first family holiday on our own" late last month when Mitchell took ill and was taken back to The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
The family had planned to return to their home in Dubbo on Tuesday, December 1, where a big surprise awaits them.
For the past month Nettie and Neil Williams, Lyn and Fred Griffiths, Barry Hildebrandt and Barb Taylor, and Terri-Ann Kelly have worked tirelessly on the Ray family home with the support of the Rotary Club of Dubbo South, businesses and community members.
A working bee in extreme heat at the weekend completed its extensive makeover which includes a superhero-themed bedroom for Mitchell.
The key organisers decided on Sunday to send an image to Mrs Ray of Mitchell's new bedroom
"Mitchie was awake on Sunday night and Erin showed him the picture of his new room and she said he just lit up and said 'WOW'," a tearful Nettie Williams said on Tuesday.
Radiotherapy on Mitchell's spine was set to begin on Tuesday in bid to prevent or delay paralysis.
When it is complete, the family will move to Bear Cottage in Manly, the only children's hospice in NSW.
Mrs Ray told of Mitchell's pain relief being ramped up.
"It's hard for them to predict, maybe he will be lucid for a few days maybe a week, but either way this cancer is working fast."
Mrs Williams is asking for payers for Mitchell and his family.
"They've all been so brave but the bravest part.. will be when they've got to say goodbye to their little boy and their brother," she said.