Becky - aged 14

When he got out of hospital it was all fine and we were trying to enjoy life as we knew his cancer wasn´t curable so we tried to enjoy every moment.

When I found out that my dad was diagnosed with bowel cancer I didn’t know what to think, it was heart-breaking just seeing everyone upset. I hadn’t really seen my brother upset before so that was a big shock.

When he felt a pain in his stomach it turned out to be a blockage so then he had to have a stoma bag which made me even more upset. As they did the operation they found out that the cancer was way worse than they thought. I was worried that he wouldn’t last very long after that, I thought he was dying it was a horrible time.

When he got out of hospital it was all fine and we were trying to enjoy life as we knew his cancer wasn’t curable so we tried to enjoy every moment. At this time we went to Manchester and he really enjoyed that. And once again he ended up in hospital, this time it was a lot worse, he had to have a tube up his nose so it could drain any fluid, but at this point I didn’t think I could talk to anyone because my mam was too busy taking care of my dad.

A few days later he ended up in a hospice. I knew this was the end so I didn’t want to go back. Then on 09/02/18 I had a call off my mam saying that he gone. That was heart-breaking. I didn’t know what to feel like, I just cuddled up to my gramp and cried.

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