Raising funds for Adams funeral.

I'm Hazel. I'm Adam's mum. I'm the organiser of this GoFundMe. Lyca is the name I use for my YouTube channel.

On Sunday 20th March 2022, I lost my beautiful son to cancer.

He was diagnosed in July 2021. He was a healthy young man who had just finished university with a BA in Graphic Design. He'd just got his first job (not in his field) working from home for the NHS helpline. After a couple of weeks, he developed a sore throat and started being sick.

We contacted the doctors. They arranged for a camera down the throat test to 'eliminate the worst possibilities'

Well, the test didn't eliminate anything. It found cancer. The oncologist said there were things we could do. Surgery, chemo, etc.

They arranged for a full scan. The scan confirmed that the cancer had spread to his liver and stomach and lymph nodes and was Stage 4 and inoperable.

They did however, offer some chemo. Adam was very sick by then and getting worse daily. He started chemo around August, and despite all the possible horrible side effects, Adam responded well with almost no problems.

He seemed to be getting his health and life back. The Oncologist arranged for another scan and confirmed that the cancer had shrunk by 30%.

Despite the initial diagnosis and the fact that the chemo was palliative, we had hope.

His Oncologist said that if he remained healthy, he could maybe have another cycle of chemo this coming July. A scan in January suggested all was going well, and that would happen.

However, at the beginning of February this year, things took a turn for the worse. Adam went off his food. His skin started to turn yellow. We got more bloods done and it turned out his bilirubin had shot up. He needed a stent in his liver. We still hoped that the stent would work and the July chemo would still be a possibility.

It wasn't to be. The stent didn't work and Adam got very sick and had to go straight into hospital. Fluid was collecting in his body, he couldn't swallow and he had two infections. The cancer in his liver had somehow grown by 400%

After two days of intravenous antibiotics and 4.5 litres of fluid being drained from his abdomen, the doctors took us aside (myself, Abby and Adam's dad) to tell us that he only had a short time left to live.

Adams one wish was to come home and the hospital went into overdrive and arranged for a bed, oxygen and a full hospice at home care team to support us.

Within a couple of hours we were home.

Adams final wish was to watch the Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon.

Abby paid for Now TV on her ps4 and set it all up for Adam in our living room so he could watch.

By this time he was only semi aware as he was slipping. He got to see the qualifying and the practice.

He died peacefully early Sunday morning and missed the race.

My heart is broken into a thousand pieces. I can barely stand and I cry ever time I try to speak about him.

I'm crying as I type this.

I'm lost and I don't know how I'll ever begin to feel whole again.

Thank you for reading.