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Help for wife and kids of terminally ill dad

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BPrincess · 20/05/2018 19:20

I'm hoping I've come to the right place for some advice. Very sad situation with an old friend of mine who has stage 4 cancer and it looks like he is coming to his last weeks, or even days. We were close as teenagers (he's in his late 40s now) and have kept in touch. His wife is obviously distraught and doing her best. He also has 2 children (7 and 9 I think). I'm just at a loss of what to do for them. Really I had hardly seen him for years until recently, so it's not as if I'm in their close circle of friends. But both his and her parents are all dead now, and although I think they have a lot of friends I just want to be able to do something to help somehow. We're about 1.5hrs drive away, so not exactly easy to pop over, but I really wouldn't do that uninvited anyway, and the last time I was going to visit he was rushed to hospital on that day. He's home again now, but I don't think he has long left, from what I can gather (mostly his wife posting on FB, plus the occasional text). Obviously it's all heartbreaking. And now I'm rambling. But any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks so much

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2cats2many · 20/05/2018 19:24

Order some shopping in for them. Nice ready meals, biscuits, cakes. Things they can eat on the go. The last thing they'll feel like doing is shopping. And even if they don't feel like eating, at least their fridge won't be depressingly empty.

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