After 50 long days at Auckland's Starship Hospital with roughly a month spent in isolation, the chance to meet a sport star was a welcome distraction for bone marrow transplant recipient Lily Cooke. The 7-year-old was one of a number of children at Ronald McDonald House to meet tennis player Christina McHale, 23.
Tennis star visits Ronald McDonald House
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