My children only saw robin twice during the eight months of his illness.Although not thier dad Rob had been a part of their lives for 15 years,and as he was only 15 years older than my daughter they were friends rather than step parent/step child.
They just could not cope with the great big bear like loudmouth they knew and loved turning into the weak poorly man he became,so i kept them away from it.They rung every day but even so just hearing what he was going through,devastated them. Neither of them had ever seen someone so young and strong die so quickly,and it has left my son with an obsessive fear of ANYTHING to do with his mouth ,neck and glands