Child cancer survivors have thanked a Wishaw charity king for his help while they were undergoing life-saving treatment.Les Hoey has been helping children with life-limiting illnesses for the past 30 years and some of those kids, now adults, have taken the time to recount their stories and memories.In 1999 at the age of just two, Aiden Dooey was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma, a rare cancer which mostly affects babies and young children.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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He told Lanarkshire Live : “I didn’t really know what was going on at the time but I know that at the turn of the millennium rather than celebrating it my parents were in the hospital with me. “I’m a huge Celtic fan so to get the chance to meet my heroes was one I’ll never forget.
I also have a great picture of me meeting Tyson. Les was tremendous with my mum and dad and they haven’t forgotten what he did.“I used to work at Morrisons in Wishaw and would see him in there all
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