'The best news' - Stephen Bradley proud as son Josh declared cancer free
The 11-year-old – son of Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen – got to 'ring the bell' at Crumlin Children's Hospital three years on from his devastating cancer diagnosis.
Best wishes to Stephen, his wife Emma and three years has been abundant since the crushing news was revealed in 2022.
'Josh doesn't have to get chemotherapy anymore, so to get that news last week was the best news we've had in three and a half years,' proud Dad Stephen told the Irish Mirror before the team's charter flight left for the Azores on Wednesday.
'Yesterday, we went into the hospital as a family.
'All the nurses and all the nurses and doctors that looked after him for the last three and a half years were there because they're incredible."
Bradley spoke of the ordeal endured by the family, outlining the guilt he sometimes felt returning to his job on the frontline of Irish management.
'One of the lowest points I've ever had was being away, maybe a week after he got diagnosed,' he said about a trip to Bulgaria.
'I didn't feel right at that moment in time, didn't feel like I should have been where I was.
'Now, you have the other extreme where we rang the bell yesterday and we're going away in the playoff game to possibly get through to the league stages. It doesn't get much better than that.'
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