Family praise 'phenomenal' end-of-life care for brave Lanarkshire teen ahead of hospice fundraiser

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The East Kilbride community is being asked to come together to help raise funds in the name of brave local teen Max Jones who is receiving end-of-life care.At just 17-years-old, Max was given the same devastating cancer diagnosis that claimed the lives of both his mum and gran.Max’s gran Margaret O’Kane, from Wishaw, died from glioblastoma in October 2008, aged 66, and his mum Angie Jones, from East Kilbride, died from the disease just 14 months later, aged 36.Heartbreakingly, Max, Angie’s only child, was diagnosed with the same tumour last summer and was given just weeks to live when he was admitted to the Kilbryde Hospice in January this year.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The Brain Tumour Research charity told us they were unaware of any other cases having three generations of this.“Max was 17, still playing football, had just won the