Former BBC presenter and podcast host Deborah James has recently announced she is receiving at home hospice care and it is time to say goodbye, after her five-year battle with bowel cancer. She has now spoken about her end-of-life plans and says she would like to pass listening to her family's normal life and will not be spending her final days crying, WalesOnline reports.
The 40-year-old has given her husband strict instructions and has been writing letters to her children that they can open in the future. In an interview with The Times Deborah has spoken candidly about her end-of-life plans, her funeral, and how hard it has been telling her children Hugo, 14, and Eloise, 12, and how she wants "one last cuddle" from them.
She said: "It’s been hideous telling my children. We have had a string of emotional conversations that have escalated very quickly from supportive care to end-of-life care. My husband Sebastien has been incredible, he has dropped everything and is with me 24/7. My first thought was that I don’t want my children to see me like this. I didn’t think I would be able to speak to them without crying, but I’d love one last cuddle with them.”
