Star readers praise Ledshams for becoming foster parents fulfilling son s dying wish STAR readers have praised Karen and Paul Ledsham after reading how after losing both their children they became foster parents - fulfilling one of their son s final wishes. Karen and Paul Ledsham from Haydock, suffered the devastation of their son Harrison, 12, dying from bone cancer in 2015 and one-year-old Abigail from Sandhoffs Disease in 2008. One shred of comfort came from a priceless comment made by Harrison a few months before he passed, when he said to his parents, “Mum and Dad - why don’t you foster or adopt?” a piece of thoughtful advice that a few years later Karen and Paul would make a reality.