Supermoon will light up the night sky
Family joy at all-clear after nearly 4yrs of treatment
GLOW Supermoon last year
THE second supermoon of the year is set to illuminate the night sky this evening.
The “worm moon” is expected to be visible from 5.35pm after sunset as the moon rises in the east.
Royal Observatory astronomer Emily DrabekMaunder said: “It is named after earthworms that emerge towards the beginning of spring as the ground thaws.
“Traditionally, monthly full moons are named from Native American tradition, but many also have Anglo-Saxon and Germanic origins.”
This full moon will be a supermoon, meaning it will appear 14% bigger and 30% brighter as it reaches its closest point to Earth.
The moon will set in the west at sunrise on Tuesday around 7.13am.
A MUM and son who battled cancer for almost four years have been given the all-clear.
Vici Rigby, 40, and her young son George were diagnosed with cancer within five months of each other.
She was diagnosed first with stage four colorectal cancer in autumn 2016.
In January 2017 George, four, was found to have acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, three weeks after she had undergone liver surgery.
Vici, who has another son Jack, needed six rounds of chemotherapy followed by surgery on her liver and bowel, radiotherapy and then 12 more rounds of chemotherapy.
She said: “When I was diagnosed my first thought was about the boys. I assumed the outcome would be bad.
“When George was diagnosed, the rug was pulled from underneath us again. I guess on one hand we were just shell
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THUMBS-UP Vici having chemotherapy and George during his treatment
shocked again but on the other hand we were so used to talking about and living through cancer that it almost felt like this is what we did.
“I remember thinking we had to hope for two miracles, for us both to get better. George’s prognosis was very good so even though it was the most difficult period of time, we always had a lot of hope and reassurance that he’d recover.”
After three and a half years of care at
Worcs, to Tenby, southwest Wales last summer, not long after her treatment had ended.
Vici and husband Jamie undertook a monthly 350-mile, seven-hour round trip so George could be treated at Worcestershire Royal Hospital for the final crucial few months.
Vici said: “There were a few times when both I and George were in the hospital at the same time and the team were all just brilliant.”
Children and young people’s oncology nurse specialist Dawn Forbes said: “George has been very brave. His parents have also shown immense resilience.”
Bernice Kent, the clinical nurse specialist who cared for Vici, said: “It’s lovely to see such a positive ending.”
VICI RIGBY ON LIVING WITH DOUBLE DIAGNOSIS
Worcestershire Royal Hospital, George rang the bell to signify being all-clear.
Vici, who was discharged months before, said: “It feels quite surreal when you’re given that diagnosis and you’re looking at three years of treatment.
“You never think the day is going to come. You get into a routine of hospital appointments. We can make plans, book a holiday without the worry.”
The family moved from Bromsgrove,
We had to hope for us both to get better, two miracles