Documentary reveals Gavin’s brave battle with cancer and stroke

THE mother of a six-year-old boy battling leukaemia told how he suffered a life-threatening stroke during his chemotherapy treatment for cancer.

Emma O’Halloran revealed how her child, Gavin, suffered severe speech and mobility problems as a result of the stroke.

His devoted mum, from Glanmire in Co Cork, said: “I was just quite mad. You ask yourself: ‘Why this does happen to me?’