A mum told how her toddler son was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia while on a family holiday back to Scotland - after mystery bruises began to appear. Mum-of-one Leighann Cochrane, 36, and husband Keith, 53, jetted back to Scotland from their home in New Zealand five weeks ago, with Arran, aged three.
The family planned to spend the break catching up with family and looking for a new home, as they looked to move back after eight years in New Zealand. But their lives were turned upside down when they began to notice mystery bruises on Arran - despite not seeing him fall over or bump into anything.
In late July, they began to notice the "boisterous" tot, who likes to climb and jump off things, was getting pin prick bruises, and much larger ones were appearing without any indication that he was in pain while on holiday in Oban, Argyll and Bute. Arran had also begun to complain of being too tired to walk, although he would still have bursts of energy in the playground, and began looking paler than usual.
