The pain of losing family members in quick succession

Although he had an amazing will to live, his slender and diminutive stature seemed to work against his resilience and valiant fight to stretch his lifespan.

In my role as one of the caregivers, perhaps the most challenging thing was to absorb and digest the bad news from the oncologist, clear that the cancer could not be staved off. “The cancer has reached its final stage and your brother is too weak to benefit from chemotherapy. For now, we can only focus on managing the pain, and we will do our best to make him comfortable within reason.” This sounded like a horrifying death sentence, only that the date of execution was deferred.