He was scheduled for urgent surgery the following week to remove a portion of the tumour before having palliative chemotherapy.“He was looking for life insurance documents, pension stuff. All his focus was on where we’d be financially.
The Anders family spent the weekend all four together in bed, reading, watching television and films.Initially, she thought it was worry about the operation, but she eventually called 111 who told her to take him to A&E straight away. Rob’s wife and children assumed Rob's surgery would proceed and they would see him again the next day.She arrived to the news that her husband had suffered another seizure lasting two hours and that, tragically, there was nothing more that could be done.Recalling the moment, she said: “It was almost beautiful.“So I sat beside him in a private room on this very quiet ward. No beeping, no machines, just us, a big cup of tea and a box of tissues.
“We could all see that he was clearly embarrassed by what was happening and that really ate me up inside