After a long and undiagnosed illness where she physically deteriorated for months, my mom has finally found out her breast cancer has spread to her meninges and she could have less than a week to live. She is only 53. I am 23 and the eldest of four children. The youngest turned 18 today and the whole situation is just breaking my heart I don’t know how we will cope at all. We are all so scared and sad. My nan, her mom, is 85 and lost her only other child years ago. She died suddenly aged 25 of a heart attack. It doesn’t seem right at all for her to lose both children. My mom came home to be with us today but I am scared of how it is all going to happen. My only experience of death was my grandad when I was 7 which my mom and dad protected me from a lot. I hate seeing my dad, Nan and brothers suffer so much. We were always the happiest of families. But I am also struggling to cope with my own suffering as we care for her while her body shuts down yet her beautiful spirit remains unbroken. It is such a tragedy.
