A dad of two has died just weeks after being told he had a life-changing diagnosis.
Manny Crufes owner of Bootle Pets & Aquatics, first started struggling with his digestion whenever he ate meat. This quickly worsened to the point where he was struggling to make it through the day due to pain and then at the end of April he found himself struggling to walk.
On May 2 his wife, Julie, and daughter, Christina, took the decision to ring an ambulance and he was kept in hospital for tests. Following a number of tests, he was diagnosed with liver and bowel cancer on May 6. Two weeks later, the Bootle man was given the news that he was going to be placed on end-of-life care.
