A couple sang the song In The Arms Of The Angel to their four-month-old baby as he died in their arms. Kate and Andy Goodall rushed forward their wedding so their “cheeky, cuddly and wonderful” boy could have the family name before he passed away.
Kate told how “the bottom literally fell out of our world” when their son, Jacob, was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour – an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (ATRT) – at five weeks old. The tot underwent surgery and, after doctors were able to remove 95% of the mass Kate said “the horror and the devastation suddenly turned into a little bit of hope.”
But weeks later it was discovered the brain tumour had increased in size and Jacob had developed another lump on his kidney. Just days later, on Kate’s birthday, she recalled how the couple “knew then that the time was upon them”. Jacob died the following day on November 24, 2016.
