Taken rom Rhys Dad Blog.

I knew Ward 23 Newcastle was the ‘last chance saloon’ as it is for all those kids.  And was not a dignified death, however where there is life there is hope, and I believed in the Prof and Mario,, but most of all I believed in Rhys.
So we proceeded,  I would like to say that we went in nice, quiet and dignified, but all those that know me, know that is not my way…  This was WAR and I treated it as such..sand bags out and digging in!  I watched and questioned everyone, and nobody that did not get my respect was allowed in the room, only the best was good enough.  I was tough on them, tough on me, tough on my loving wife.
It was horrible watching your own son disitergrate in front of your very eyes…  The chemo wipes out your immune system.  Your immune system is also your throat lining, stomach lining, intestinal lining, all this was ripped apart in order for us to get to day ZERO… Zero immune system, no protection, but allowing his new bone marrow to be introduced.

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