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Ryan Carroll & Iona Young

Scots dad dies seven days after being rushed to hospital with fluid in lungs

A Scots dad has died just seven days after being told he had terminal cancer when he was rushed into hospital with fluid in his lungs.

Gavin Nicolson, 57, was taken by ambulance to the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh after struggling to breathe on Thursday, November 10. Medics drained the fluid in his lungs - however, after more tests, doctors discovered Gavin had terminal cancer that had spread all over his body and into his brain.

As reported by Edinburgh Live, the dad's two children Jacob, 27, and Jade, 34, have been left heartbroken by the shock loss and the family are completely devastated. Gavin's heartbroken sister-in-law Tora said: "He went into hospital and there was fluid on his lungs, they drained the fluid and then the hospital did further tests and found out he had cancer everywhere.

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