Son’s heartbreak as dad dies suddenly
The 53-year-old was a fulltimecarerforhiselderlymother, Irene Wilson, despite being diagnosed with arthritis in his neck last year.
On Saturday, Anthony received a call from his 84-yearold Nana when Michael’s condition worsened at her Plains Farm home.
The 20-year-old left work, called an ambulance and Michaelwasrushedintohospital.
Anthony says doctors told him they were almost certain his dad had motor neurone disease – an incurable condition that affects the brain and nerves.
Now Anthony is raising funds to give his dad the send off he deserves and help supporthisfamilyduringthedarkest of times.
Anthony, of Farringdon, said: “He was a quiet bloke. He kept himself to himself but he was a really caring person.
“He didn’t really ask for much from anyone and he always tried to do everything himself.
“We were asking him to go to the hospital. He was too scared to get told something like that. He used to say “I hope they don’t tell me I’ve got a horribledisease–it’salmostlikehe knew.”
Just hours after a Go Fund Me page was set up, more than £150 has been donated.
Anthony,whoworksatHalford’s in Sunderland, wrote:
“Over a year ago he started losingalittleweightandstartedto get worse. It came to the point where he was struggling to walk and care for his 84-yearold mother and me.
“He tried his best over the yeartodoso,notknowingwhat he had. He was scared to go to the hospital or doctors in case they told him he had a disease that had no cure.”
On Saturday night, doctors gave Anthony the heartbreaking news that his father’sconditionwasfataland they suspected he had motor neurone disease.
He added: “Unfortunately there was nothing they could do for him which left me speechless and unprepared.”