All East Kilbride boy Cole Thomson wants for Christmas is to be healthy and happy.And thanks to big-hearted businessmen and women across Lanarkshire the inspirational youngster's Christmas wish has come true securing his miracle medicine for an entire year.In just five weeks since the launch of Cole's Christmas Wish fundraising drive, in partnership with Equi's Ice Cream, an incredible 36 businesses have each pledged £500 to cover the monumental £18,000 annual cost of the 10-year-old's private medical cannabis prescription.
Due to his rare and drug resistant focal epilepsy, Cole lost a huge chunk of his childhood suffering up to 20 seizures a day for six years.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android But since taking a daily dose of the cannabis oil Bedrolite he is seizure-free and has gone from being confined to a wheelchair with limited speech to launching his own YouTube channel and training in taekwondo.However Cole's family are finding it an impossible task to raise the £1500 per month needed to keep their son alive.Despite the "clear evidence" in Cole's case a four-year battle for government funding has resulted in nothing.
Hailing the success of her latest campaign for financial support, Cole's mum Lisa Quarrell told Lanarkshire Live she is "so grateful" to everyone who has helped her in her time
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