Sweet-toothed shoppers have raised hundreds to help the family of a little boy fighting a brain tumour.

Four-year-old Yuvraj Singh, known as Babbalu, has undergone major surgery after the growth was discovered leaving him unable to walk and paralysed down in his left side.

His aunt Kiren Rathore sold cookies, brownies and blondies on her stand at Rochester City Vintage and Artisan Market in the High Street, collecting £538 to donate to his family.

She thanked customers for their generosity towards her nephew afterwards.

On social media she wrote: "It was a day filled with love, kindness and generosity towards Babbalu, a little boy fighting a brain tumour.

"It warms my heart to see that so many of you came by and purchased items knowing that it was all for a worthy cause.

"As the day came to a close, I felt incredibly proud of myself, my family and all of you for making this happen. It's not every day that we get to witness such acts of kindness, and it was truly inspiring.

"Your kindness will go a long way in making a difference in their lives and I am grateful to be a part of such a supportive community."

The courageous lad was diagnosed with the tumour in January after his parents Kiren and Harvey, from Rochester, were repeatedly told he had a virus.

He has since undergone a 13-hour operation, which took place on his fourth birthday, followed by surgery lasting 22 hours two weeks later. He is now waiting to start 10 weeks of radiotherapy.

The family's heartbreaking ordeal first started around Christmas time when Babbalu mentioned a pain in his ear.

His parents didn’t think too much of it until he became increasingly irritated by the pain and they noticed the left side of his face and arm had dropped.

Kiren took him straight to the doctor's to get it checked out. But despite her speedy response, it took a further four visits before doctors realised it might be something more serious.

She said: "I took him five times. We were told it was a virus, that he was just being lazy and that his arm wasn't broken and it was fine."

When Kiren told the doctors that has was also sleeping all day they said he was just being a toddler and it was normal.

It was only on their fifth visit that Babbalu was finally referred to Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, where he was given a CT scan and then immediately blue-lighted straight to Kings College Hospital in London.

The next day Babbalu was due to be celebrating his birthday with a party for his nursery friends. Instead he underwent a mammoth brain operation and did not wake up until the next day.

Kiren said: "Those first few days were just a complete daze. We were just crying. It was a shock and we just couldn't accept it.

"He had always been such a happy, funny, kind little boy."

The surgery failed to remove the tumour due to its size and two weeks later Babbalu was back in theatre again, this time for 22 hours.

Kiren said waiting for him to come out of surgery was the hardest part up to that point.

"It was the worst 22 hours of my life," she said. "It was just terrible."

The couples kept themselves occupied by heading back to Rochester to stock-up on essentials and visit Babbalu's five-year old sister, Kareena who is staying with her grandparents.

After the operation Babbalu was left unable to walk, talk or eat. Over the next few days he started to eat and talk but his mobility has not come back.

The family are spending every day by his bedside on the neuroward as he prepares to start 10 weeks of radiotherapy, which will cause tiredness and vomiting.

While Babbalu is trying to play with his cars with his right hand, his mum said he is becoming increasingly frustrated that he cannot walk and keeps asking for his trainers.

To take him out his family need a wheelchair. When he comes home from hospital he will also need a specialist bed.

Kiren, from Gillingham, who owns pop-up bakery Little Sugar & Co, exceeded her target of £500 at the market.

She said: "Babbalu needs a wheelchair, an adapted bed and special shoes. He also needs bigger clothes as the clothes he has don't fit over his head.

"Where he has had his operation we have to be really careful with his head, as he has scars."

Babbalu's parents have been taking it in turns to stay with him in London and his dad has given up his job at Thames Water to care for his son and family as they go through this difficult time.

"They have no source of income," Kiren said. "So the money raised will be to support with everyday essentials.

"Parking at the hospital costs a fortune. Food and drinks and things Babbalu might need."

The family also return to Rochester a few times a week to visit Kareena, so they spend a lot of money on petrol.

Friends of the family have set up a gofundme page, which has already raised over £11,000. To donate click on this link.

For information on where to find Kiren's stall on Saturday head to her instagram page @littlesugarandco.