India, Daughter of Karen, Hospice Patient

It wasn’t what I expected, it was lovely. We had a few Saturday nights in St Gemma’s. We sat there one Saturday and I did all her make-up and we had a movie night and Domino’s and all sorts.

I did all mum’s make-up that night, spent ages doing all of it and then we just sat and watched films and stuff. It was so good that you could stay whenever you wanted.

We took the dogs there at one point didn’t we? Which was really lovely. I took them in and everyone was saying “Aww look at these” walking down the corridor. That day I’d had their hair cut, I’d had them bathed and everything, I had them all in new collars, new leads, got little jumpers and coats on and stuff.

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