Tracey Oliver was awarded the title of Super Mum and immediately dedicated it to other families with sick children.
Tracey, who gave up her career to care for her ill son Alfie, was announced the winner of the contest organised by local newspaper The Press.
Alfie needs a heart and lung transplant and requires a lot of care. He is fed every 45 minutes through a special tube and has to have drugs fed into his heart.
Tracey said at the ceremony in Middlethorpe Hall, York: “You meet so many other parents in the same situation as us who are coping and they are so brave.”
She was nominated by her husband Rob, who said: “Without the intervention of a super mum, I don’t believe Alfie would be still with us.”
Tracey added: “It was a lovely surprise to win. I feel really lucky and blessed with my family. Everything we have gone through in the past four years has been a struggle and traumatic, so it’s lovely to know that Rob and Alfie really appreciate it.”
The couple have won a break for two at Middlethorpe Hall, with dinner, and overnight stay and use of a spa.
Other finalists in the contest were Jennifer Flint, of Stockton-on-the-Forest, who was nominated by her daughter Emelia, and Beryl McCaw, who was nominated by her daughter Helena Ferguson.
Lionel Chatard, director and general manager of Middlethorpe Hall, said: “Every mother is special. It is always difficult to know how to say thank you, so to be given an opportunity by The Press to say it this way is fantastic as well as being great to highlight some of the issues parents face.”