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Farewell Freddie - We Love You
 It
is with great sorrow that we heard of the death of
our friend Freddie Wills. He passed away
peacefully at 5:45pm on Wednesday 3rd May in his
mother's arms with his father and grandmother
beside.
Our deepest condolences go to Tim and Rachel as well
as their wider family and friends.
Frederick James Wills
19.03.2006 - 02.05.2007
Tragic News - Freddie's Leukaemia
Returns
 On
Saturday 14 April Freddie's parents Tim and Rachel
got the worst possible news. Tim writes:
"At 2000h Drs Michelle and Sam came in, plus one of
the nurses Nicky, with the results of yesterday’s
tests and gave us the news we had all been dreading
to hear. The leukaemia has returned in his marrow
significantly and the disease has now spread into
Fred’s spinal and brain fluids (the CSF) as well. In
short there is nothing further that can be done for
Fred now really, other than making him comfortable
and our time left with him is really only a few
weeks sadly."
"He will have become resistant to many of the first,
and second choice drugs and the fact that the
leukaemia has returned so aggressively is an
indicator that it has taken hold. Plus the body
cannot tolerate high doses of these chemotherapy
drugs, and Fred has been on a whole range for the
last nine months or so."
"In the next few days we will know more as to how
Fred will be continue to be treated and where, with
us all hoping he can be at a more local hospital to
home, at least initially, though our main aim really
is to bring Fred home with us, where he belongs."
The above comments are taken from Tim's
excellent blog.
Click here for
more.
On
13 February 2006 at 5:10pm Freddie Wills' bone
Marrow Transplant began. It lasted for three
hours. Little Freddie has lived most of his
short life in Bristol Childrens' Hospital.
Freddie suffers from acute lymphoblastic
leukaemia. All of
this time Freddie has been looked after by the
fantastic medical teams at the hospital.
 His
mum and dad Rachel and Tim are the best parents that
he could hope for. They are so loving and kind
and have looked after Freddie through times that
most of us could never even imagine. To spend
time with Freddie you can see how he benefits from
their love. He is such a happy little boy who
deserves so much better.
Freddie's dad Tim has kept a blog (diary) which is a
must read for everyone. It is an amazing
piece of work which records the daily events in the
life of this remarkable family and beautiful little
boy. It is also packed with great photographs.
Please read Tim's blog
We Love You Freddie
and send a message of support.
An unrelated donor was found for Freddie
on the Bone Marrow Register. For many others
however a matching donor can't be found. But
maybe you could make a difference.
click here to find out how you
can join the bone marrow register and offer hope to someone. |
