#4 The Long Wait - Two weeks in a Love Island Timezone
Following the diagnosis we went and picked up our lovely dog Bella, went to a dog friendly pub in Yateley for lunch and a quick pint then walked Bella round one of our favourite local beauty spots Horseshoe lake. I remember us both trying to be positive and take the positives from what the doctor had told us. Afterwards we went our separate ways to do the school runs then later I took Poppy to Gymnastics. I hadn't wanted to tell my Dad or brothers during work hours so I called them during Poppy's Gymnastics class - calling to tell my Dad was one of the hardest calls I've ever had to make. I could only imagine the pain he would go through - I could think of nothing worse than one of our children developing something like this - and this would undoubtedly open old and deep scars he'd since put to bed from supporting Mum for all that time. He knows what Cancer is about in all its evil forms and what I am so naively facing into without a clue. ...