Pregnant Scots mum pays tribute to selfless husband who died two weeks after cancer diagnosis
dailyrecord.co.ukA pregnant Scots mum has paid tribute to her ‘selfless’ husband who died just over two weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Phil Hawthorne, from Glasgow, was diagnosed with bowel cancer after experiencing back pain in recent months. The 36-year-old was given the devastating news at the Royal Alexandra Hospital just ten days before Christmas, on December 15, 2021.
Tragically, Phil’s cancer was too advanced and doctors were unable to treat him. He died just over two weeks later, on December 30, 2021.His pregnant wife Ruth, who is also mum to their two-year-old son, is expecting their daughter in March.Speaking to the Daily Record, the 35-year-old said of her husband’s passing: “There was peace there, I think the cancer was just too far along for us to even think about him being on earth, it was just better for him to go.” A fundraiser has now been launched in Phil’s memory for Room Sixty, a youth initiative with Newton Wallacetown Church of Scotland in Ayr.
Phil had been a youth worker there since 2014 and was passionate about helping others.Ruth explains Phil, who suffered from ulcerative colitis, had gotten a new lease of life in 2013 when he had a stoma bag fitted.She says he was determined to 'give back'.“He was so selfless.
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