Rangers fans nurse dons Celtic jersey to raise cash for pal's sick toddler

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A Rangers-supporting nurse has made the ultimate sacrifice to help a tot with a devastating illness - by walking 5k every day in a Celtic jersey.When Rona Goodall, 39, from Prestonpans, East Lothian, learned her student pal’s toddler son, Tommy Quinn, two, had stage four neuroblastoma she was determined to do everything she could - no matter the cost to her pride.The forensic psychiatric nurse decided she would walk 5k for two months - one for each year of his life.And as if the physical challenge was not enough she decided to wear her rivals’ top in honour of Celtic daft Tommy.Little Tommy from Bishopbriggs, Dunbartonshire was diagnosed at Easter with the rare cancer.Following an ultrasound at the Royal Hospital for Children the radiologist said the doctor would see his parents back on the ward.Nicole said: “I said to my husband ‘that doesn’t sound good’ but it still didn’t cross our minds that they were going to tell us it was cancer.”Nicole added: “Everything just spiralled from there.

Your whole world turns upside down and you feel numb; it is as if it is not your kid they are talking about.”The diagnosis came that he had neuroblastoma on his adrenal gland which was squashing his kidney.Within a couple of weeks their active little boy was having eight rounds of chemotherapy every 10 days with a treatment plan for up to 18 months.But Nicole laughed: “He is wild.

I keep thinking somebody needs to tell this wee boy he is sick.“He has recently had a stem cell transplant and has been sick.

But he is just sick and then goes about his day.“Tommy is in a clinical trial so he has to get two stem cell transplants. His second one is on October 14.“Clinical research in America is saying two stem cell transplants, longer term,