Just walking together helps these two leukaemia patients


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Jenkins (left) and McElroy first starting walking the halls of the hospital they were treated in together as a form of supporting each other, and still meet up occasionally to catch up with each other. — Photos: TNS

The first time Eric McElroy knocked on Zach Jenkins’ door, Jenkins was not in the mood to chat.

At age 25, he had recently been diagnosed with leukaemia.

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