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Oh, this is nice.

This is nice.

Acres and acres, Kate.

Acres and acres, my darlin'.

-What are you doing? -Kissing you.

-You just did. -Yeah.

-And then you kissed me again. -Well spotted.

-Did you kiss me again? -Yeah. -No, you didn't.

-Yes, I did. -No, you didn't. -Yes, I did.

-I kissed you twice, I promise. -No, you didn't.

-No, you didn't. -Come here.

Daddy?

Come up here, come sit with me.

There you go, that's it.

My other beautiful little boy, come on.

Boys, remember yesterday, when you both gave

your mommy a massive cuddle in bed?

And she was so poorly, wasn't she?

You know, she couldn't fight anymore.

Has mommy gone to heaven?

Yes, darling, yeah.

So, she's in a cloud?

Um, yeah, you can imagine her

sitting on a cloud, if you like.

What are we gonna do now?

Um, well, we'll just go on, mate.

Has all mom's stuff gone?

Oh, no, no.

Of course not, no, not a bit of it.

Mommy just blew us a kiss.

Look at those trails.

It's like they've blown a kiss.

How is it like a kiss?

Well, because .

I like that.

Me, too.

It's all sunny now, look.

Got everything?

What's all that?

What?

Oh, yeah.

Let's have a look.

It's from John and Leslie, in number 12.

That's nice, isn't it?

There's a card.

-But what are they? -It's food parcels.

-I'm not hungry. -No, I'm not hungry either,

but when-- when we are

all the hard work's been done, hasn't it?

It's nice of people.

-Do you want to go inside? -Yeah.

Get those coats off.

Don't forget them things, don't forget them.

Let's see it.

So what we'll do,

if you, uh go and get changed, yeah

and-- and then we can watch a bit of telly.

And then we'll have a bit of dinner and...

Reef said she's never coming back.

You know I want to see her again.

I do, desperately.

But it doesn't mean she's not here, come here, come here.

It doesn't mean she's not here, it's okay.

You know, she's still here.

In your mind, eh?

And in your memories

and in your heart.

-Tired, lads? -Yeah.

Yeah, you okay?

-Do me a favor? -Yeah.

Will you, um, go upstairs and run you both a bath?

-Sure. -Yeah, take your brother up with you.

Fold these jumpers up and you can wear them tomorrow 'cause they're not dirty.

And then just make sure you put your trousers

in the washing basket, okay?

Singe, it's probably nothing,

but I think I found a lump.

Where?

Here. I think, I don't know.

It's probably nothing, but will you see if you can--

- Shall I have a feel? -Yeah.

Get your shirt off, girl.

-Where, show me? -There.

-Oh, there. -Yeah?

-That thing there? -Yeah.

-Yeah, is it tender? -A bit.

It feels a bit hard, you can feel something.

-Like I said, but it's probably nothing. -Yeah.

-I'll get it checked. -Should maybe get it checked

just to be on the safe side, eh.

-I'm sure it'll be fine. -Yeah.

-Actually, I could call now. -Give them a call now.

-What time is it? Yeah, they should still be open. -I might call now. Okay.

Yeah, hi, it's Kate Greene.

I wondered if I could make an appointment?

Kate, we found two cancers,

both in the same breast, and both grade three.

Now, it looks as though some of the lymph glands

are involved which makes it Stage two,

but that's what we term common.

That's actually a really good sign, Kate.

Because there's an 80% chance of survival

for the first 10 years.

And those chances improve all the time

after that, year on year.

Given the diagnosis, that prognosis

is about the best that we could wish for.

Nonetheless, we want to get on top of it.

We want to chase it out.

So we're looking at a mastectomy

and possible reconstruction if that's what you want.

We'd like to book you in for that next week.

It's likely that we'll need

to give you chemotherapy treatment,

but we'll discuss that after surgery.

Does all this make sense so far, Kate?

Not the worst news I've ever heard, believe it or not.

Our little boy had cancer, you see. Um...

-He's just recovered-- He's recovered now. - Great.

-And he was given, uh, he was given a 6% chance of survival. -Wow.

And now we just celebrated his fifth birthday.

- - In style.

Good for him! That's good for all of you.

Didn't think this was how I'd end up with bigger boobs.

-What time is it? -I haven't got my watch and my phone's dead, I don't know.

Reef, you've got to take your medicine.

So, Mommy might be taking medicine like this soon.

Why?

Because I had a lump found just like you had a lump.

Cancer?

Yeah, cancer.

But my lump's been taken away just like Reef's was.

And now I'm gonna have the same medicines.

They're disgusting.

I know, but they made you better

just like they're gonna make me better.

I'll look after you, Mommy.

-Sweetie, I know you will. -Me, too.

I know, sweetie, you both will, my beautiful little men.

Daddy?

What are you doing?

It smells like Mommy.

- Alright then. -Wait, okay, we're each gonna find one, a four leaf clover.

So spread out and look close.

See, I've got these friends, the field fairies

and soon enough they'll see me and they'll go, hey, it's Kate,

-let's send her a four leaf clover like we always do. -Fields don't have fairies.

-Then how come I keep finding four leaf clovers? - Does a three count?

-Daddy's been asking me that for the last 20 years. -I happen to have a knack for

-finding threes, it's not my fault. That's not a knack,

that's just lazy, but you're welcome to keep them if you want.

-I might just do that. -I only want fours.

Yeah, well, I might end up with a bigger collection than you.

-No doubt. -How would that make you feel?

-I feel absolutely nothing. -Yeah, I know that, jealous.

-They have no value whatsoever. -My God, you are such a clover snob!

- -Aren't you? Hey, look.

Boys, help me!

- -Here, here.

Thanks, Christine and thanks for coming over.

Oh, yeah.

Have a look.

That's my girl.

Reef's medicine, bless her.

Alright, okay, um...

Okay, Reef, it's time for your medicine.

So most people at school

will know about what happened, I mean, some might not.

And some might wanna talk to you about it.

But, you know, some people might not, again,

but, uh, it's just very important that you know

that everyone loves you and they care about you.

-Okay, and they're all your friends, alright? - Okay.

-Alright, okay? -Okay.

Good boys, love you.

Okay. Come on, we'll go to the office, have a little chat.

Right.

Let's get this over and done with.

So, the results show a triple negative

which means you're not responsive

to the more common hormone treatments.

Which means we do need to move you

to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

But, given the size of the tumor,

the fact that the cancer has only crept into one node,

and the others have been removed,

that's extremely hopeful.

I'm gonna handle it just like we've handled it.

I'm gonna beat it just like he did.

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-Hi! -Hi!

You alright?

Yeah, you?

I'm good.