Cancer recovery and £2m jackpot win shows family the unpredictable lottery of life - The Yorkshire Post says

Couple win £2 million National Lottery jackpot three days before teenage son given all clear from cancer

The couple, from Stockton on Tees, have handed in their notices at work after scooping a £2m lotto jackpot, saying they can now afford to stop work and spend more time making memories with their three children and grandchildren.

It is undoubtedly a welcome relief for the family following a gruelling, and traumatic, few months when their teenage son was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of blood cancer, last May. But almost certainly their greatest gift is that 15-year-old Ewan was given the all-clear from the disease just three days after this heartwarming Lucky Dip win.

“Cancer more likely to be diagnosed in an emergency in parts of Yorkshire than in the rest of England”

The thankful family left 2019 on ‘cloud nine’, with Mr McDonald claiming all their lifelong dreams have come true. Yet, whilst their story is truly remarkable, it is also a poignant illustration of the unpredictable lottery of life.