The day our family life fell apart
In April 2008, family life as we once knew it fell apart forever because at just four years of age, my son Jacob was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a rare and aggressive cancer that affects children, mostly under the age of five years old and usually starts in the abdomen area. Jacob had been unwell for some weeks, he had lost his appetite, begun to lose weight and he was having night sweats. He was also complaining of pain in his legs whenever he walked. After several frustrating visits to our GP we were finally referred to see a paediatrician.![](https://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jacob-and-twin-sister-at-Halloween-305x285.jpg)