The Port Macquarie boy is taking a trial drug, brought about by cancer research, to help keep nausea at bay after chemotherapy – and it seems to be working.

St Columba Anglican School raised more than $3000 on Friday for cancer research after being inspired by Cooper’s fight against cancer.

Cooper had a tumour removed from his stomach, along with his adrenal glands and lymph nodes, in February and has five more rounds of chemotherapy to go.

Cooper’s mum Angie said chemotherapy was hard on kids and Cooper had empathy for other children.

“New drugs can make what these kids have to go through a little bit easier,” Mrs Reichelt said.

Cooper hopes new drugs will eventually eliminate hair loss as a chemotherapy side effect.

Cooper’s school friends did their bit for cancer research on Friday when St Columba Day brought together the school community for an old fashioned carnival with a cause.

They raised more than $3000 for cancer research and Port Macquarie store, The Good Guys, gave Cooper a $1200 laptop computer.

The computer will help Cooper stay in touch with his classmates and school work during his treatment.

“His friends have been ringing quite regularly in Sydney and talking to Coop,” Mrs Reichelt said.

“It’s an education for the whole class when Cooper talks about platelets and blood transfusions.”