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My son is dying

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blindspots · 21/01/2021 17:53

This is fucking cancer. He is 2. We are only 3 months from diagnosis and we are out of active treatment options.

I hate cancer, I hate the pandemic disrupting our world and keeping us from people we love.

He has been so tough she and strong and there is nothing more they can do, the cancer just keeps coming back.

I would give everything to keep him

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LittleCabbage · 26/01/2021 20:56

I am so sorry to read your heartbreaking update. It sounds as though your little boy slipped away surrounded by love.

toastfiend · 26/01/2021 21:06

No words are adequate. I'm so dreadfully sorry. Sending love (and prayers if you don't mind) and thinking of you and your family.

maddy68 · 26/01/2021 21:09

Unbelievably cruel. I'm so so sorry

Loshad · 26/01/2021 21:10

So so sorry to read this @blindspots, look after yourself and be kind to yourself . Hugs

Littlepaws18 · 26/01/2021 21:12

Life can deal some really cruel blows and this is horrendous. It's not right it's not fair. My heart goes out to you and your family x

Trumplosttheelection · 26/01/2021 21:22

So sorry for your loss. I think it's beautiful that you all washed him together, such an important ritual. You will be so glad you did that in the years to come.

BelfastMaOf2 · 26/01/2021 21:31

I'm so sorry for your loss @blindspots

Millano · 26/01/2021 22:16

I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. He sounded like a lovely lovely little brave boy. I'm so sorry xx

notthemum · 26/01/2021 22:28

I am so sorry 💐

Jasminesmellingcandles · 26/01/2021 23:02

My deepest sympathies to you and your family. I am so terribly sorry your beautiful boy has passed. Holding you all close 💙.

Dontjudgeme101 · 27/01/2021 09:20

So sorry.💐

squishee · 27/01/2021 09:24

Oh blindspots, words fail me Flowers

Cherrysherbet · 27/01/2021 09:37

I’m so sorry 💐 No words are enough.

anxiouswaiting · 27/01/2021 09:41

This is so cruel and heartbreaking. I wish you didnt have to go through this, so unfair to you, your family and your brave little boy. Flowers

movingonup20 · 27/01/2021 09:45
Thanks

I have no words except I'm so sorry.

Remember we are here for you at 3am if you ever need to talk

thesunwillout · 27/01/2021 09:48

I'm so sorry.
I'll be thinking of you and your family.
Xx

SquigglePigs · 27/01/2021 09:53

So sorry to see he's gone. I hope you are able to find some comfort in all being together with him at the end, he will have known how loved he was.Daffodil

FlyNow · 27/01/2021 10:08

I'm so sorry OP. Life is so unfair Sad

StealthRoast · 27/01/2021 10:16

From one mum to another- the biggest of virtual hugs.
I am so very sorry for the loss of your amazing, brave little boy.

Pls know that there are so many of us, oceans apart, who are all thinking of you and yours xxx

KarensChoppyBob · 27/01/2021 11:44

Sending love ❤️.

lostpasswordagain · 27/01/2021 11:56

I am so so sorry. So cruel, so awful. Thinking of you.

niki26 · 27/01/2021 13:30

I'm so sorry for your unimaginable loss x

blindspots · 27/01/2021 14:31

Thank you everyone. It is still so raw and yet I know I am still numb and therefore actually it's going to get worse before it gets better.

Woke up this morning after the first nights sleep that wasn't interrupted by all the things and had that brief moment of fogginess before I remembered that 12 hours earlier he had gone.

And I lay in bed and thought what the fuck do I do now, how on earth can I collect my scattered thoughts enough to plan and get through the day.

Also there is a lead in time of at least a week for funeral service that I do not want to have, a whole week of dread. I thought it would be Monday at the latest. And that's with me pleading and protesting and putting out I have my almost 4 year olds birthday to get through in less than 2 weeks.

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blindspots · 27/01/2021 14:33

But we spent day with friends and laughed and cried and hugged and let the kids be kids.

But then we made the mistake of driving past the hospital where it all Happened because that was the shortest route and it was horrible.

And then our almost 4 year asked why we didn't stop to get him. And our hearts broke a little bit more

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GreenTiles22 · 27/01/2021 14:36

I'm sorry. There are no words but you and your family are in my thoughts x

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