Reading this thread made me cry. My mum was 68 when she died 12 years ago. She had Alzheimers disease which was an extremely distressing and debilitating condition. My dad cared for her as long as he could at home before she eventually had to go into a care home where she eventually died.
My dad was 5 years younger than mum and was diagnosed with full blown Leukemia in January this year and given just 9 months to live. Sadly life was cruel and he only last 4 weeks and died 7 months ago. His condition is thought to have come about whilst serving in the Royal Air Force at Christmas Island in 1959 during the atom bomb test clean up operations where he was subjected to high levels of radioactive debris.
Losing my lovely dad so recently has made dealing with my brother's urgent situation harder to deal with as my brother and I only have each other left.I took one of dad's neck ties with me and left it with him at the hospital last week as a means of comfort.
I am sure that mum and dad are watching over us and I take a lot of comfort from that.
