Who Was Scottish Dancer Lily Douglas? What Is Lily Douglas’ Cause Of Death?
Who Scottish dancer Lily Douglas, Scotland’s champion winner, unfortunately died on Sunday evening following a four-year battle with cancer.
Lily was named ‘Teenager of Courage’ at the Daily Record Pride of Scotland Awards in July of last year.
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When she died shortly after 7 p.m., the talented 14-year-old was cuddled up on the sofa with her mother.
Lily, from Perth’s North Muirton, fought Ewing Sarcoma, a rare type of cancer that affects bones or the tissue around them.
Who Was Scottish Dancer Lily Douglas
She arrived at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary on Friday, January 14 to begin a potential breakthrough medicine trial, but she suffered a brain bleed before physicians could begin.
Medics had warned her mother, Jane, that they weren’t sure if Lily would make it through the night, and that even if she did, they didn’t know what harm she would suffer.
“Her heart stopped beating, yet she was cuddling up to me on the sofa at home, where she wanted to be.”
“She’ll rip a huge hole in my heart.”
Her mother stated on Facebook that if love could have rescued her, she would have lived to be a million years old. Lily Douglas, a Scottish dancer,
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