A life well lived - cut short How odd that Andrew and I met while on a committee for a charity event to raise money for Shipston Home Nursing, which, at the time was a new local charity. We were all in our late 20s, I don’t think any of us really thought we would need such a charity until we were old and grey. I can honestly say, that until October 2006, I never expected I would be calling Shipston Home Nursing and asking for their help with my beloved husband, who was at that point only 38. We had everything - Charlie age 4, Issy age 2 and another little boy on the way. Andrew’s business was growing and developing really well, he employed over 200 people, although stressful, this was his passion in life. His vibrant personality, his zest for new and exciting things, his tangible excitement in everything he tried was infectious. While pregnant with my third baby, Andrew’s personality changed dramatically, he became disorientated, withdrawn and very tired. He just wasn’t himself, doctors were baffled, he was tested for all sorts of things. A week later, he was referred to a neurosurgeon and even he wasn’t convinced he had anything wrong. The next day we received the devastating news that Andrew had a brain tumour and it needed emergency surgery, George, was one week old. The operation was
a huge success, Andrew made an amazingly quick recovery, was home within days and we thought we could now get on with our lives. I have to admit to doing a bit of research and knew the results of the histology report could go either way.
Two weeks later we were told Andrew had a Glioblastoma Multiforme, which is a Grade 4 brain tumour, the highest grade of cancer and the fastest growing. We were told there wasn’t a cure and Andrew was only expected to live between 18
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