They say that money cannot buy happiness, but it can come pretty close. For Allison and John McDonald of Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom, winning 2 million pounds ($2.6 Million) in the lottery is not even close to the best or most surprising thing that has happened to them in 2019.
In May of 2019, Allison and John’s son Ewan was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, according to BBC. He would go on to endure numerous chemotherapy treatments and spend a lot of time in hospitals trying to beat this terrible form of cancer. The months drag on and Ewan continues to follow the doctor’s advice and fight as hard as he can. But imagine how Ewan feels and how his parents feel as they watch him struggle helplessly with this disease.
If the McDonald’s were given the choice between winning millions in the lottery or having their 15-year-old son fully recover from cancer he was dealing with, it is clear which they would choose. Their son was struggling, and it probably was a strain on the couple financially and emotionally as well. No amount of money in the world could have taken away the pain that the McDonald’s felt for their young son, and winning 2.6 million pounds showed them immediately how unimportant money really is.
It was December of 2019 when the couple officially won the lottery, according to BBC. What a start to the new year and what an opportunity to get their son the best possible treatment no matter the cost or the place. So the family, just three days after winning the lottery, go into Ewan’s next doctor’s appointment.
They sit down ready to figure out what happens next and the answer is NOTHING! Ewan is cancer-free and able to live his life again. The joy and happiness of winning the lottery are replaced by the deeper and more important joy of having their son back and Ewan having his life back. It seems like everything is falling into place for the McDonald’s. Becoming millionaires overnight and then finding out just three days later that their son was cancer-free, it is a story for the ages.
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