Rio wanted to be a 'superhero' for his sister Ruby
Ruby Cheige was diagnosed with cancer of the white blood cells last year. The 14-year-old, from Little Hulton, first came home from school in April with leg pain, which her parents assumed was down to growing pains.
"I was over the moon that Rio could help but in the back of my mind, I was worried that Rio had to go through surgery too. Watching both of your children get put to sleep, it isn't nice. Ruby was given blood tests and single mum Debra was told an hour later her daughter had leukaemia. Debra, a support worker, said: "I had never thought this would happen to one of my kids.
"Three weeks later we got told that Rio was a match. We sat Rio down and said 'Ruby needs this and you're a match' he said he wanted to do it, he wanted to be a superhero.Rio had to have blood tests to make sure he didn't have any covid symptoms so the transplant could go ahead. Rio said: "I was sad when Ruby got sick but when Mum told me there was a chance I could help Ruby I wanted to do everything I could.
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