reached over to mum's bed so they could hold hands - they stayed that way for about 30 hours before dad finally died. one of the many heartbreaking scenes over the couple of weeks i was with them was the look on mum's face when i had to separate their hands so we could start the head-cooling procedure for dad.
mum went down hill rapidly after dad died - at first i thought she had decided to die as well but we are fairly convinced now that she would have been happy to live longer if only her body would let her. it was a terrible situation - unlike dad, mum 