A Rochdale mum has shared her fears that her five-year-old son would die on a cancer ward while she was giving birth to his brother. Fauzia Ashraf, 32, and husband Mohsin Ahmed were forced to say goodbye to their son Saqib just 13 days after bringing his brother into the family.
The couple were excited to welcome their third son and sibling for Aqib, then seven, Saqib, four, into the world, when Saqib was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour.
There were just 10 weeks between his first symptom and his tragic death just two weeks after his fifth birthday. "As I gave birth to my baby, my biggest fear was having to leave my five-year-old son on the children's cancer ward and him dying without his mummy by his side,” the mother and history teacher said.
