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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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KarensChoppyBob · 02/02/2021 20:16

Absolutely. We're with you blindspots Thanks.

ArabellaScott · 02/02/2021 20:21

My thoughts and love are with you, blindspots. Glad the viewing was nice. Hope it all goes okay tomorrow. Flowers

YoniAndGuy · 02/02/2021 20:22

I am so sorry. There are no words. I just wish you strength Flowers

DreamingInColours · 02/02/2021 20:53

Will be thinking of you during your little boy's funeral. How utterly crap that they are limiting people. You sound like you are being an absolute pillar of strength for your family Flowers

2018SoFarSoGreat · 02/02/2021 22:41

will be thinking of you all tomorrow, @blindspots. We're all going to be here with you, holding you up when you need us. Flowers

blindspots · 03/02/2021 00:27

Today is not the hardest day.

That was last week when we knew he was going to die that day. And prior to that the week before when they told us their were no more treatment options. And prior to that getting the news that started us tumbling and flailing into the unknown.

And now here we are ready to say one last goodbye. But today is not the hardest day. It's just a ceremony

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Aspiringmatriarch · 03/02/2021 00:35

Thinking of you blindspots Flowers

LarkDescending · 03/02/2021 00:51

Adding my little posy for your sweet boy, blindspots Flowers

My thoughts are with you all.

ParkheadParadise · 03/02/2021 00:55

My thoughts are with you blindspots

AutumnColours9 · 03/02/2021 00:56

I am so sorry this is heartbreaking. Thoughts and prayers with your family.

CausingChaos2 · 03/02/2021 00:57

Sending you and your family so much love blindspots

I’m glad you were able to wash him, you have cared for him all of his life, it’s the most natural thing to have continued that. Washing and caring for our loved ones is a sacred ritual which is all too often left in the hands of others.

He is all around you and apart of you all.

Fluffmonkey82 · 03/02/2021 00:58

So sorry for your loss Flowers

CatChant · 03/02/2021 01:13

He will be in your heart forever blindspots Wishing you and your family strength for today and all the days ahead. Flowers

lightlypoached · 03/02/2021 08:28
Thanks
MayYouLiveInInterestingTimes · 03/02/2021 10:05

Please add all our Flowers.

SheldonesqueIsUnwell · 03/02/2021 11:10

With love 🌻

Nicknamegoeshere · 03/02/2021 11:46

Thinking of you Flowers

KarensChoppyBob · 03/02/2021 11:56

ThanksThanksThanks

Yebanksandbraes · 03/02/2021 13:30

I'm so sorry for the loss of your beautiful son. I don't know if already mentioned but there are Facebook groups out there that connect parents who have gone through the same as you. They are the only ones who truly understand what it is like for you, and it could help to be in contact with them. Sending love.

Housebuyer2020 · 03/02/2021 13:41

Sending you all my love and prayers... I don’t have any words to comfort you. Prayers are with you all..

claracluck1978 · 03/02/2021 14:32

Thinking of you today. I will light a candle for your little boy tonight and hold you in my thoughts x

IHateCoronavirus · 03/02/2021 16:48

I hope the service went as well as it could op. FlowersBear

Redred2429 · 03/02/2021 16:57

Thinking of you op

adeleh · 03/02/2021 18:17

Have been thinking of you and your lovely boy today, blindspots.

blindspots · 04/02/2021 07:22

Thank you. We still have a candle going for him too. I'm so glad we seemed to have kept some of the old funeral traditions running in my family.

It's two weeks today since Iee were told the leukaemia was already back, 16 days after his last round of intensive chemo had finished sbd there was no further active treatment available. And although he was obviously unwell with the cancer he was still "clinically well" as they call it. Two weeks ago I had a little boy.

Now he is dead and buried and I feel as if I just dreamed him.

I've been told the numbness usually lasts for around 6 - 8 weeks. Last night was the first night I dreamt about him. Usually I don't dream and then wake up in the morning and have to remind myself it happened

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