For nine years, Caroline Bridle has struggled to breathe and suffered with seizures every time she talked about her son's battle with brain cancer. Daniel Bridle was just 18 when he died after a 20-month fight against the disease in 2014.
But even now, the memory of sitting down with her eldest son and telling him his cancer was terminal haunts her. "The worst thing for me was telling him he was going to die," Caroline said. "How do you tell your child he's going to die? That's what haunts me the most, seeing his little face. That's something I'm trying to deal with."
Daniel loved animals and he had a border collie called Ollie. Caroline has fond memories of her son in bed surrounded by the family's two hamsters, cats and Ollie the dog. "It made him happy when he was poorly," Caroline added. You can get more local news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
