Larnie - aged 13

I have loads of supportive friends and teachers in school who have also lost their parents in some way. I also have a loving family and if you have those things you will get through it.

I'm 13 coming on 14 in March. My mum suffers from acute myeloid leukeamia. She first started having ache pains and hurting herself a lot easily and then started getting pinpricks all over her body. She was first diagnosed with leukeamia in May 2007. She was very strong and so was I. Dad was most upset about it because his mum died of lung cancer when he was 17. We used to visit mum nearly every night and dad would sometimes stop the night. She was getting through the chemotherapy quite well. Then we found out mum would have to have a bone marrow transplant otherwise she would get cancer again and again. It was quite lonely in the house with just me and dad because I dont have any siblings. Mum would only have a 50% chance of living through the transplant but I was still ok because 50% is still a big chance. She got a donor in September for 29th of November. So at the beginning of November we had a christmas because mum would be in hospital christmas day. Then mum started getting the aches and the pinpricks again and we were not sure that the transplant was soon enough. Mum went to the hospital to have a check-up and then the bad news came. The cancer had come back aggressively and we found out that she was going to die. Mum has only been given 6 weeks to live and will probably be dead by the end of January 2008. We will spend as much time with her as we can but we know that me and dad will have a good life with mum's spirit by our side. Me and dad are going to America next year for my cousin's wedding for 3 weeks and we are going to have a great life. I have loads of supportive friends and teachers in school who have also lost their parents in some way. I also have a loving family and if you have those things you will get through it. I will miss my mum loads but i know that she will always be with us in our hearts.

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