THOUSANDS of pounds have been raised to help a little boy left blind at four-years-old after suffering brain damage as a result of a seizure.

Oliver Johnson has been laid up in hospital for the past five months unable to eat, drink, walk or talk and after much investigation doctors eventually discovered he has from meningoencephalitis – both meningitis and a swelling on the brain.

The youngster, from Ambrosden near Bicester, has recently been discharged from the John Radcliffe and moved to The Children's Trust for intense therapy treatment.

His family have since been fundraising to collect cash so he can receive treatment overseas and have already raised £8,000 but the final amount needed could exceed £150,000.

Mum Suzanna Johnson said: "Oliver needs intensive physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy.

"He is currently fed using a tube into the stomach and is under the care of specialists within the Children's Trust in Surrey.

"He will hopefully be there for four months and then he will be home and continue to need a high level of care.

"We are still planning to get Oliver overseas in America for brain treatment and still need to raise a lot of money to get there, his treatment could be at John Hopkins Baltimore, USA or Dominican Republic offering stem cell therapy."

Through dedicated fundraising since Oliver was taken ill, just two months after his sister was born, mum Suzanna has been putting up posters and hosting fundraisers with the help of local businesses.

This has included £300 from a night at The Nightingale Bicester and a 1940s tea party hosted by friend Tracy Limbers in Arncott.

Mrs Johnson said: "We have had a lot of help from friends and local businesses but I as a mother have been asking for help and asking for donations and fundraising events for the last five months.

"Some nights I have been working on the fundraising projects until about 4am - I say to myself sleep is underrated.

"I need to get as much work done as I can overnight, having a baby to look after in the day and being with my son means I don't have the time to do it in the day.

"If I work into the night for my son, that way I have the time for both of my children in the day time."

Mrs Johnson has a host of fundraiser activities coming up to help raise money for little Oliver and this includes setting up a 1940s calendar which she will make for 2017.

So far a few couples are signed up to be pictured and businesses have helped with locations and props but she is still look for more volunteers.

To see Oliver's fundraising page or to help out with events or the calendar see facebook.com/groups/1949cal/ and gofundme.com/helpsaveolly