Coming downstairs in a hurry, I had no idea what my son was going to say.
‘Do I need to shampoo my eyebrows?’ Jack, then 14, asked.
With his distinctive bushy brows, I couldn’t help but giggle.
Completely dippy, he always had a way of making me laugh.
Sweet, kind and considerate, Jack and I were extremely close – as a single parent, it was just us two.
Every year we’d go on a holiday abroad, spending time together.
Studying Health and Social Care at college, Jack also loved to play football, as well as working part-time at McDonald’s.
Even though he was determined, always rushing around meant that Jack, then 17, was tired constantly.
Something that we both noticed more in summer 2019.
‘It’s probably just because of work,’ I suggested.
However, as well as fatigue, Jack had been experiencing night sweats and I’d noticed bruises on his body.
It’s nothing sinister, he’s a little run down.
Only, with his symptoms persisting for weeks on end, I knew
