Owing to the size of the cancer and the location on the brain stem, which prevented normal chemotherapy treatment, Jac undertook the most intense course of radiotherapy possible: five days a week for six straight weeks.
After an intense six-week course of radiotherapy, Jac lost the ability to swallow and shortly after suffered a sudden and near-fatal medical collapse which required emergency surgery at his home in January.
Jac was just beginning a career as a barber – a lifelong passion of his – working in a friend’s shop, building his own clients and steadily improving his skills when he first started experiencing symptoms.
The treatment ended on Christmas Eve, but the final session took its toll and Jac lost the ability to swallow or get out of bed, which he never regained.
Jac was then transferred to Noah’s Arc Cancer Centre, a centre that provides palliative care for children with life-threatening illnesses, at the University Hospital of Wales.
