In the grip of grief, I was thrown a lifeline
Jacob Boutcher, 23, Melbourne, Vic.
Walking across the tarmac in Melbourne, I couldn’t wait to see my parents.
It was June 2015 and for the past year, my two older brothers, Joshuah, 16, and Jayden, 14, and I, had flown up most weekends from Launceston, Tas, to visit.
Eighteen months earlier, our mum, Jodie, 38, had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia.
She and our dad, Jason, 41, had moved into patient accommodation at The Royal Women’s Hospital, while we stayed with our grandparents to complete our schooling.
But this time, I’d been invited up on my own for a special day with Mum.
She’d just had her second bone marrow transplant and was able to have a day out.…