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Subscriber only A 13-year-old Coast boy who thought he couldn t endure chemotherapy after a shock cancer diagnosis is overcoming painful side effects in the hope of returning home. Chris Ralph thought his son Preston was suffering from appendicitis when he rushed him to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with excruciating stomach pains on January 31. Preston was taken to Queensland Children s Hospital s Intensive Care Unit after doctors found lesions on his liver before being diagnosed with B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma on February 2. He told his dad he didn t think he could bear more treatment after enduring painful side effects including the development of ulcers in his mouth and throughout his digestive system.
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Subscriber only Efforts to revive a man were ongoing as paramedics rushed him to hospital from the scene of an ocean rescue at an unpatrolled Sunshine Coast beach. Emergency services were called to Pacific Boulevard at Buddina at 3.18pm on Sunday after receiving reports of a group of up to five people had been caught in a rip. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said they had received reports several people were drifting from beach access 200 towards beach access 201. They were about 50m offshore, the spokesman said. He said the group were all adults in their 20s. He said surfers and bodyboarders had helped to bring them to shore where CPR was performed on a 28-year-old man.
They were called to the scene, just south of the Freshwater Track, at 9.35am Sunday. Paramedics drove from Tin Can Bay, Rainbow Beach and Noosa to meet up with rescue helicopters also called to the scene. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said a 19-year-old man had been flown to Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital after suffering lower back and hip injuries. He said a male and female patient had been flown in a separate helicopter to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with minor injuries.
EARLIER: Three people are being assessed after a serious rollover on a popular Coast beach. Emergency services were called to the single vehicle rollover at Teewah Beach at 9.35am Sunday.