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AN EXTRAORDINARY teenager recovering from a fresh round of lifesaving treatment as she battles bone cancer is in line for the Young Scot of the year award.

Brave Molly Cuddihy from Gourock has won the hearts of people in Inverclyde and beyond as she fights the extremely rare Metastatic Ewing's Sarcoma.

The remarkable Clydeview Academy pupil has kept a smile on her face throughout her ordeal and raised an incredible 250,000 at a fundraising ball to help younger children battling cancer.

Earlier this month she underwent a stem cell transplant which left her in intensive care.

Her dad John, of Doune Gardens, said: "Molly is unable to physically speak at the moment because of side effects.

"She was so surprised by her nomination and over the moon.

"She found out on the day she went in for her transplant.

"It lifted her spirits and it lifts us all.

"Molly is incredible and an inspiration.

"She never feels sorry for herself, she just gets back up again and gets on with it.

"Again we have to thank everyone for their support - we are overwhelmed by the support of everyone out there.

"If love and kindness was a pill, Molly would be cured."

After the stem cell transplant Molly was in intensive care because of a series of complications caused by the treatment.

But her dad told the Telegraph: "The signs from the stem cell transplant are good."

Molly now faces a spell in isolation because the treatment has left her body with the protection of an unborn child.

Since her fundraising ball in October Molly has been undergoing treatment for cancer while also working with health chiefs to put plans in place for a special room in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children for children aged eight to 12 year olds.

Schoolgirl Molly was only 15 when she diagnosed with cancer in January 2018 and spent nearly a year in hospital.

She had bone cancer in her ribcage, which presented itself as a mass on her side but it had spread to her lungs and her spine.

She faced many months of gruelling chemotherapy and radiotherapy to blast the cancer.

The one in her spine is inoperable and has to be treated with radiotherapy.

On top of that there was the added complication of a bacterial infection contracted in hospital which threatened her life.

Despite all of this, during her first year in hospital Molly sat her Nationals exams in hospital and scored straight As.

In August last year she achieved straight As in her Highers and won a place at Oxford University's international summer school through all her hard work.

Weeks later Molly was told she would have to have another operation to remove one tumour, with chemo to target two more and stem cell bone marrow transplants.

During her cancer battle Molly has won the hearts of a number of celebrities, including Simon Cowell, Gary Barlow and Paulo Nutini, thanks to her fundraising exploits.

Together with her best friend Sara Millar she organised a fundraising ball last October to say thanks to all the hospital staff who have helped her.

Molly was also the first ever winner of the Rosie Mitchell Memorial Award at the Greenock Telegraph's Community Champions night last year.

Molly has now been shortlisted for Young Scotswoman of the Year hosted by Newsquest, which owns the Greenock Telegraph.

The public vote is open now and locals can back Molly up until until 5pm today.

The winner will be announced at the glittering gala in association with the St Enoch Centre, at the Grand Central Hotel on March 26.

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Brave Gourock teen battling bone cancer is in line for the Young Scot of the year award - Greenock Telegraph

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