traceyjones turned 50 in lockdown. she didn t make it to 51. she said to me, i feel very, very ill. isaid, i know, my darling, they re going to put you to sleep and you ll be better. she said to me, look after stephen, and those were the last words i ever heard from her. neil and tracey were a team, caring for their son stephen who has special needs. i had to tell him, unfortunately, mum has gone to heaven now, and he hugged me and cried. no one could come and see you. we were left to grieve on our own, really. it s very hard, especially when you have a special needs son, and you don t want him to see you crying, but sometimes you just had to go away and have a little cry. the pandemic has seen too many sad milestones. in november, 2020, the death toll stood at 50,000. just 11 weeks later, it reached 100,000. vaccines helped slow that pace right down and it s taken almost another year to get to this point.
on our own, really. it s very hard, especially when you have a special needs son, and you don t want him to see you crying, but sometimes you just had to go away and have a little cry. the pandemic has seen too many sad milestones. in november, 2020, the death toll stood at 50,000. just 11 weeks later, it reached 100,000. vaccines helped slow that pace right down. it s taken almost another year to get to this point. i m so glad that he retired when he did, early. robin birchmore was 63. his invitation for a vaccine came through two days after he died. in hospital, he had one last video call with his daughter. he kept saying, i m struggling, i m struggling to breathe, and i said to him, hurry up and get better, and he said, i m trying. that was the last time i spoke to him.
no one could come and see you. we were left to grieve on our own, really. it s very hard, especially when you have a special needs son, and you don t want him to see you crying, but sometimes you just had to go away and have a little cry. the pandemic has seen too many sad milestones. in november, 2020, the death toll stood at 50,000. just 11 weeks later, it reached 100,000. vaccines helped slow that pace right down and it s taken almost another year to get to this point. i m so glad that he retired when he did, early. robin birchmore was 63 and his invitation for a vaccine came through two days after he died. in hospital, he had one last video call with his daughter. he kept saying, i m struggling, i m struggling to breathe, and i said to him, hurry up and get better, and he said, i m trying. that was the last time i spoke to him.
point it saw more deaths than at any other time, over32,000. but by the end of the month almost half a million people had had theirfirst dose of a vaccine. she was looking forward to the vaccine coming along. traceyjones turned 50 in lockdown. she didn t make it to 51. she said to me, i feel very, very ill. isaid, i know, my darling, they re going to put you to sleep and you ll be better. she said to me, look after stephen, and those were the last words i ever heard from her. neil and tracey were a team, caring for their son stephen who has special needs. i had to tell him, unfortunately, mum has gone to heaven now, and he hugged me and cried. no one could come and see you. we were left to grieve on our own, really. it s very hard, especially when you have a special needs son, and you don t want him to see you crying, but sometimes you just had to go away and have a little cry. the pandemic has seen too many sad milestones. in november, 2020, the death toll stood at 50,000. j
you ll be better. she said to me, look after stephen, and those were the last words i ever heard from her. neil and tracey were a team, caring for their son stephen who has special needs. i had to tell him, unfortunately, mum has gone to heaven now, and he hugged me and cried. no one could come and see you. we were left to grieve on our own, really. it s very hard, especially when you have a special needs son, and you don t want him to see you crying, but sometimes you just had to go away and have a little cry. the pandemic has seen too many sad milestones. in november, 2020, the death toll stood at 50,000. just 11 weeks later, it reached 100,000. vaccines helped slow that pace right down and it s taken almost another year to get to this point. i m so glad that he retired when he did, early. robin birchmore was 63 and his invitation for a vaccine came through two days after he died.