A hugely courageous Livingston youngster who went through a life-saving liver transplant last year following a cancer battle has been officially recognised.Leo Barker has been chosen to be the face of an awards scheme that recognises the courage of children and young people diagnosed with cancer.And the youngster, now in remission, received a Cancer Research UK for Children & Young People Star Award, in partnership with TK Maxx.Just weeks after his 11th birthday, Leo received a new liver at the transplant centre at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
The six-hour surgery on October 1 last year was needed as Leo was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a rare tumour that begins in the liver.Leo’s parents, Laura Barker, 41, and Steven Barker, 44, and
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