It was an oddly peaceful time, but then came the next stage of Olly’s treatment: inpatient stem cell treatment and high-dose chemotherapy. Doctors told us that one of us would have to isolate fully with Olly in his hospital room for as long as the treatment lasted; the worst-case scenario was that it could be months. On 27 April , Laura dropped us off in the hospital car park and told Olly how proud she was of him. Olly couldn’t leave the room, and I could only go as far as a small kitchen down a short corridor to make a drink. Every few weeks, I would pack up our dirty clothes and we’d swap them for clean ones Laura brought to the hospital.

Source: The Guardian July 03, 2020 09:00 UTC