There’s no denying just how far Cole Thomson has come since he started taking his ‘miracle’ medicine.Looking the picture of health standing proudly in his crisp white taekwondo suit, fists clenched and with a huge smile, the brave youngster is a far cry from how he looked just three years ago.Confined to a wheelchair, his tiny frail body wracked by multiple paralysing epileptic seizures a day, his desperate family could only watch his dramatic deterioration, fearing for his life.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Mum Lisa Quarrell told Lanarkshire Live : “Cole has been at taekwondo since he was five, but when his seizures stopped him walking and talking he unfortunately wasn’t fit enough to continue. “This was really upsetting for Cole and me because Master Hutton Fitness is a fantastic facility and teaches the kids so much
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