Lanarkshire boy's Christmas wish for a year's supply of miracle cannabis oil comes true

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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.

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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