A Heartbreaking Battle with Terminal Cancer | Superhospital Episode 2

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:00]There are 1,200 toilets and 4,000 sinks dotted around the Royal Derby Hospital.

[00:00:09]>> Smells delightful.

[00:00:10]>> Martin and John are part of the maintenance crew employed to make them operational again whenever there's a blockage. It's usually uh the covers off shavers, gent shavers, uh plastic teaspoons, grapes, believe it or not.

[00:00:29]Makes one hell of a mess.

[00:00:31]>> Yeah. Look.

[00:00:34]>> Sharing the facilities is Susie, who is getting ready for a morning shift in A&E.

[00:00:43]>> All right. When you're ready, try that.

[00:00:48]>> Not very nice, but yeah, I've got it. John, >> is it a boy or a girl?

[00:00:53]>> Uh, it's a bit of both, actually.

[00:00:55]>> Oh, but keeping the sinks free flowing isn't the only thing the boys do around here.

[00:01:04]>> Helicopter inbound. One patient, three crew.

[00:01:10]>> Fire and rescue received on route.

[00:01:12]They're also the helicopter, fire, and rescue crew.

[00:01:16]>> The adrenaline kicks in when that bleet goes off. We have to be up there because the helicopter can't land until we are actually up there. If we aren't there, it has to hover.

[00:01:26]>> I'll do the valves. You do the doors.

[00:01:29]>> I'll do the door.

[00:01:55]You've always got to be focused. As quickly as that helicopter gets down, we can get the patients onto the trolley and down into A&E.

[00:02:03]>> Oh, seal corridor. Yeah.

[00:02:09]Martin runs down to seal the corridor to A&E.

[00:02:14]Kevin to wait there a minute, mate, please.

[00:02:21]>> Once the patient is delivered into the hands of the emergency doctors, it's back to the sinks for the boys >> in A&E. Susie is the consultant in charge. She'll have an overall responsibility for about 350 patients treated here today.

[00:02:43]>> It's just completely relentless. Um got no control about who comes through the doors. Um sometimes we have difficulty getting patients out. All I do all day is come to work and make decisions.

[00:02:56]>> Right. Who am I going into battle with now?

[00:02:58]>> It's a patient with a history of violence.

[00:03:02]>> Chill out. And Susie must decide the safest way to insert a drip.

[00:03:06]>> Don't start doing that. Bo, won't you calm down?

[00:03:11]>> Well, you should do, shouldn't you?

[00:03:14]>> Oh, for goodness sake. Less wriggling. I need to exude confidence. The patients need it. The nurses need it. The junior staff need it.

[00:03:25]>> Keep still. Keep still or you're going to hurt yourself. Keep still. Are you going to hurt yourself, mate? Keep very, very still. We like a moving target, don't we? Craig, >> not moaning.

[00:03:37]>> It's one of those days where everything is going to be difficult. So, >> I do apologize.

[00:03:42]>> It's not your fault >> on this occasion.

[00:03:46]>> Audrey and then Susie for you to ring them or >> in a minute. I've got two things on the go at the minute. Let me sort out Mr. trying to bleed to death and then we'll sort out him cuz he's not going anywhere.

[00:03:56]>> Do you want us to go wait at their reception? I suggest cup of tea, >> right?

[00:04:01]>> Cuz he's not going anywhere, is he? All right.

[00:04:03]>> Thanks for your help earlier on. We couldn't have done it without you.

[00:04:06]>> Anytime.

[00:04:07]>> Here we go, Margaret. One cup of tea for you, darling.

[00:04:11]>> That's lovely.

[00:04:12]>> There you go, sweet pea.

[00:04:14]All right.

[00:04:16]Good. Enjoy, my darling. I just love patience on the ward.

[00:04:21]Absolutely love them.

[00:04:22]>> Did you sleep all right, Allie?

[00:04:24]>> Good.

[00:04:25]>> Good. Good. Good. There we go. up.

[00:04:28]>> Up on the fourth floor, housekeeper Colette is in charge of keeping patients fed and watered.

[00:04:34]>> Right. Put my stuff away.

[00:04:37]>> She's like the land lady of the ward.

[00:04:40]>> I hope you're not making a mess of my kitchen, doc.

[00:04:43]>> Good morning, darling. Have >> I ever made a mess?

[00:04:47]>> Oh, morning, Doc. How are you, darling?

[00:04:50]>> I love the shirt.

[00:04:52]>> You like it?

[00:04:53]>> Yeah. Suits you very much so, Doc.

[00:04:56]Absolutely love it.

[00:05:00]>> I always say that to him. He's such a lovely dog. Can't help myself. Can't help myself.

[00:05:07]>> Barl.

[00:05:08]>> Yeah. Thank you.

[00:05:10]>> Toast a marmalade.

[00:05:13]>> There you go, my sweet. There you go, darling.

[00:05:16]>> Can I have a knife?

[00:05:18]>> You want a knife, darling? I'll go and get you one, sweetie.

[00:05:21]>> Nent.

[00:05:23]Oh, I didn't know it was cut in half.

[00:05:27]>> This is one of several wards dedicated to the care of an ever growing number of elderly patients.

[00:05:33]>> Thank you.

[00:05:34]>> Put your glasses on. Yeah. Good, man.

[00:05:37]>> All right.

[00:05:41]>> Colette and colleagues like Sarah also see talking as a key part of their job.

[00:05:46]>> Encouraging those on the ward to reminisce.

[00:05:49]>> What do you think to my tattoos, Barl?

[00:05:51]Do you like them?

[00:05:53]Oh, >> no.

[00:06:00]>> Well, you asked me.

[00:06:02]>> Well, yeah.

[00:06:03]>> In my generation, we didn't do them. We didn't have them.

[00:06:07]>> No, >> not to my idea. Anyway, >> what sort of people did >> elbows?

[00:06:16]I get so attached to some of the the ladies on the ward because they remind me of what happened six years ago. Me and my sisters, we lost our mom.

[00:06:30]So, just have to get over it and get on with it. But it is hard sometimes. It It's really very hard sometimes, but you just get on with it.

[00:06:43]miss her like crazy. But hey, >> last bit. Margaret, >> do you enjoy me doing your hair, Margaret?

[00:06:52]>> Oh, yes. I like being twiddled around.

[00:06:55]Yes.

[00:06:58]>> Really lovely.

[00:07:00]>> Oh, I'm glad. Anytime. It's all right.

[00:07:04]>> The Royal Derby has 51 clinical departments.

[00:07:11]They deal with anything from a routine X-ray to a critical emergency.

[00:07:19]Over 2 and a half thousand people a day are treated as outpatients with over a thousand needing a bed overnight.

[00:07:28]>> Hello Natico McMillan unit. How can I help? In the McMillan unit, Venat is meeting one of the newest impatients.

[00:07:38]>> I hope you like my cup of tea.

[00:07:40]>> No, that'll be fine, thank you.

[00:07:41]>> A few days ago, Glenn was diagnosed with a tumor above one of his lungs.

[00:07:46]>> And how are you this morning?

[00:07:47]>> Good, I think. Um, slept better again, which is good.

[00:07:54]>> We don't know how you will respond to the treatment unless you start having the treatment.

[00:07:59]>> Sure. and and that remains to be seen.

[00:08:02]Time will tell. If the treatment has the desired effect, you're likely to get back doing what you were doing earlier on. We want to remain optimistic.

[00:08:12]>> I think I think today it sort of um started the radio therapy. So, it's sort of start the unknown today, I think, isn't it?

[00:08:22]And I am optimistic because if I can beat it, I'll beat it.

[00:08:28]last week when he was admitted to the unit, he was in a lot of pain and now his symptoms are better. He's certainly mobilizing better. His pain's better and he's got a he's starting to talk more about what his future is now. So, and and that's a positive way we made an impact and this is not end of life and this is quite early in the diagnosis.

[00:08:49]>> Glenn's wife Dawn has moved into his room to help out during the first few days of his treatment. The improvements that I've made since last Tuesday are really unrecognizable, aren't they?

[00:09:02]>> Yeah.

[00:09:03]>> In fact, it's been absolutely fantastic.

[00:09:06]Really, >> we won't get the better of me.

[00:09:09]Absolutely not.

[00:09:10]>> I'll be coming out the other side.

[00:09:11]There's no doubt about that whatsoever.

[00:09:13]>> Fight it all the way.

[00:09:14]>> I'll fight fight it all the way.

[00:09:17]>> Then we'll get you home and then >> got off home. Be nice to get back and see who the dog is.

[00:09:23]Missing me doggies now a little bit.

[00:09:25]>> Yeah, little monkeys.

[00:09:26]>> Couple more days at the most.

[00:09:44]>> With the approach of midday, Susie is halfway through her shift in A&E.

[00:09:50]So we've gone from one patient to another patient to another patient. We have an enormous pressure and the book stops with me. That's all. 3 2 1 go.

[00:10:05]Can I have a fresh gown, please?

[00:10:08]>> With no sign of things slowing down, a patient is rushed in who has lost a large amount of blood.

[00:10:14]>> He is unresponsive.

[00:10:16]>> Right. So we'll get you some water. My name is Susie. I'm a doctor. Sharp scratch just at the moment in your arm cuz we need to give you some fluid and make sure that you're safe. I think you've lost quite a lot of blood. My role is to make decisions. Decision after decision after decision.

[00:10:37]Every now and again you think, did I get it right?

[00:10:41]When that little bit of selfdoubt starts to creep in, you actually feel that you're some sort of fraud and at any minute somebody's going to find out.

[00:10:52]So my bottom line thinking is I'm a useless doctor. But do you know what?

[00:10:58]I'd still prefer that than be an arrogant little [ __ ] >> How you feeling now, John?

[00:11:06]>> Feel a bit better now.

[00:11:08]>> Oh, good.

[00:11:10]Susie has stopped a potentially life-threatening hemorrhage.

[00:11:14]>> You're going to have a bit of washing to do. Blood on your boobs.

[00:11:18]>> It's everywhere in me flat.

[00:11:20]>> In your flat. Oh, bless you.

[00:11:36]The thousands of people passing through the hospital every day can unwittingly bring their own threat.

[00:11:44]>> They're not working in here.

[00:11:47]Oh, we're all in darkness.

[00:11:49]>> Debbie and her hygiene crew have a short time to spot check the cleanliness of theaters before the day's operations begin.

[00:12:00]Stopping the spread of superbugs is so important that the hygiene team have the power to shut down a theater if it doesn't meet their high standards.

[00:12:07]>> That's fine. Good.

[00:12:08]>> I'm just going to do the floor. Yeah.

[00:12:09]>> Okay. I'm just going to go into the >> the edges are okay. So, I'll just check the middle.

[00:12:14]>> Check under everywhere.

[00:12:16]>> So, hopefully there should be nothing >> on me.

[00:12:21]Nothing. Spotless part. Well done.

[00:12:25]Right. Doing here then. wash my hands.

[00:12:29]>> In one of the orthopedic theaters, Julie is deep cleaning in preparation for the knee and hip operations in a few hours.

[00:12:38]>> This is where the magic's created in here. Um, and obviously my job is to keep everything um under control with regards all the dirt and all the um the bacteria and any dust would be fatal falling from any of these lights.

[00:12:54]I mean, the surgeons here, they're just ultimately that they're gods, aren't they? I mean, we're just mere mortals here, aren't we? Um, I bow as they go past in the corridor.

[00:13:05]>> Orthopedic surgeon Arthur is operating on four patients today.

[00:13:11]>> How are you?

[00:13:12]>> Good, good, good. You all set to go.

[00:13:14]>> First on his list is Mr. Dange, who is having a knee replacement.

[00:13:18]>> As part of the service today, we give you a free shave as well. Is that okay?

[00:13:21]>> Yeah.

[00:13:22]>> Okay. Don't wash this off. Dev, would you?

[00:13:24]>> No, no, no, no. What?

[00:13:25]>> Well, I'll go get my pajamas on.

[00:13:26]>> Thank you.

[00:13:26]>> See you in a bit.

[00:13:27]>> See you later.

[00:13:28]>> Okay.

[00:13:29]>> As one of the hospital's most reputable surgeons, Arthur prides himself on the personal touch.

[00:13:34]>> Okay. Right. I'll go get my hands washed.

[00:13:37]>> I'll see you in there. All right.

[00:13:39]>> Well done, Dev.

[00:13:40]>> He believes a relaxed atmosphere is the key to his success.

[00:13:44]>> Let's get it on, Jesse. What a tune.

[00:13:50]Let's get it on. Oh yes, Ben, your line.

[00:13:58]>> We're all sensitive people.

[00:14:01]>> You sensitive people.

[00:14:05]>> Yeah.

[00:14:06]>> Um the whole theater atmosphere, as far as I'm concerned, is quite purposefully engineered. I don't think people perform terribly well in the height of stress.

[00:14:16]And I think that's one way, whether it be by music or, you know, the the jocoul conversations, that's just a way of keeping the theater atmosphere fairly low key, whilst concentrating on a technical exercise, which is this knee replacement. Giving yourself to me can never be wrong if the love is true only.

[00:14:42]I've been a consultant now for over 10 years and you build an eclectic taste.

[00:14:48]The group team favorite a big dose of Detroit Mottown. We love a bit of that.

[00:14:54]Keeps me and my staff on a plane where they're not stressed at the outset. If they're not stretched, there's always another place which you can move into of extra focus should you need to.

[00:15:07]>> So, left to knee replacement.

[00:15:09]>> Yeah, if we could put that in, please.

[00:15:10]Left to knee replacement. Genesis 2.

[00:15:13]>> Done. Well done, Deb.

[00:15:15]>> Thank you.

[00:15:15]>> All done.

[00:15:16]>> The fact you couldn't straighten your leg. It can now go straight. And it's now straight up and down. You've lost a bit of that bow in your knee as well.

[00:15:22]>> Thank you.

[00:15:23]>> All right.

[00:15:24]>> Well done. Okay.

[00:15:28]>> Morning. Smile.

[00:15:30]Come on.

[00:15:31]>> Everybody in those hospital beds is somebody else's brother, grandmother, sister, whatever. And you can look at an X-ray and see broken bones or degenerate hips, but you can't fail to appreciate the fact that that is someone's relative.

[00:15:51]Two floors down in the basement, Glenn is about to begin radiotherapy treatment in an effort to shrink the tumor above one of his lungs.

[00:16:00]>> You put weight on my way couple.

[00:16:06]>> Right by his side for support is his wife Dawn.

[00:16:14]>> Managed to cut right down on the sig. So that's a plus.

[00:16:19]The ultimate goal is obviously give them up, pack them up for good.

[00:16:24]Dawn's never ever smoked in her life.

[00:16:27]Me and Dawn grew up together. We we've been together since we were 15.

[00:16:33]We met through through being in carnival bands, marching bands.

[00:16:38]>> We started off as best friends, became friends in the band and became very very good friends and then progressed from there. when you plucked up the courage to ask me.

[00:16:51]>> But we just had a a lot in common from day one. I suppose >> Dor was pregnant when she was 16.

[00:17:00]That uh that always moves the relationship along a little bit and that's it. We've been together ever since.

[00:17:09]Never been able to shake her off again. That easy.

[00:17:16]realized she was on to a good thing, didn't you, Dor?

[00:17:18]>> I did.

[00:17:23]>> Vancat will be monitoring Glenn's progress closely.

[00:17:29]The proposed treatment for Glenn is radiotherapy.

[00:17:32]>> Hello. All right.

[00:17:34]>> We have a good proportion of our patients who are here to manage their symptoms and then we get them home.

[00:17:40]>> Hello. How are you?

[00:17:41]>> All right. How are you?

[00:17:42]>> I'm okay, thank you. We just don't know if it's going to work, but we have to try.

[00:17:48]>> Just go step down there. It's fine.

[00:17:54]Put that on your lap.

[00:17:56]>> Is that all right there?

[00:17:57]>> You okay like that?

[00:17:58]>> I'm fine.

[00:18:00]>> Okay then, Glenn, off we go.

[00:18:10]>> It does make me think about my own mortality. I I'm 45 years of age.

[00:18:16]You think think about everybody else and you know the wife and the kids and the impact that it's going to have on them.

[00:18:21]They've got to go through it with you which can't be an easy thing.

[00:18:27]Venat should soon receive the first test results to determine how well Glenn is responding to treatment.

[00:18:42]Up on the second floor, Martin and John are back on maintenance duty, keeping the hospital ticking over.

[00:18:48]>> Hi, George.

[00:18:49]>> Hi, boys.

[00:18:50]>> All right.

[00:18:51]>> Yeah, I'm fine, thank you, sweetheart.

[00:18:54]>> Hi, Ben. You all right?

[00:18:55]>> Hi, Ben.

[00:18:57]Nice to see you.

[00:18:58]>> And you know he's good.

[00:19:04]>> Everybody's about >> going up.

[00:19:24]Doors open.

[00:19:29]>> There has never been a helicopter crash at the Royal Derby Hospital, but that doesn't stop the fire and rescue crew from going through their paces.

[00:19:38]The two large cannons fed from a 10,000 L water tank need regular testing.

[00:19:50]Everything's been functioning okay my side. How about yours? Perfect. here.

[00:19:54]>> How about you?

[00:19:55]>> Everything's a-ok. Okay.

[00:19:56]>> Marvelous.

[00:19:58]>> Just checking the lights, make sure everything's uh fixed as it should be.

[00:20:03]The last thing you want is one of these things coming off and flying towards you. Hey, can you remember that day?

[00:20:09]>> Five in a day. Road traffic accident.

[00:20:13]>> One was a horse rider.

[00:20:14]>> No, two horse riders.

[00:20:15]>> The gentleman who was cutting his uh pony for trees with a chainsaw >> motor. Yeah. chainsaw >> which is another favorite.

[00:20:24]>> This is the most important bit of kit for us. This is the beeper through which we are contacted.

[00:20:31]>> It's also linked to the hen party deuce where he goes as John boy the stripper.

[00:20:43]>> Marvelous.

[00:20:46]But Martin and John are not the only ones with work to do on the helipad.

[00:20:57]Lloyd the hawk is the hospital's official pigeon chaser and one of its most unexpected lifesavers.

[00:21:04]>> There's some birds over there. Yep, those pigeons have disappeared now.

[00:21:07]That's it. Lloyd doing good.

[00:21:12]Yeah, good lad.

[00:21:14]By making sure the rooftops stay bird-f free, he keeps the helicopters and fire and rescue team safe.

[00:21:26]>> Beautiful >> pigeons could go into the rotors that could cause problems with the helicopter itself. Generally to make sure that when the air ambulance does come in that it's not there's no there's no danger of uh the pigeons interfering with the the landing and the taking off the helicopter. There's about 100 pigeons here at the moment. If you left them to their own devices, you know, you'd be they'd be overrun with them. There'd be there'd be thousands here. But this is the only natural way to natural way to get rid of him. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:21:54]>> Do some work and get some food. Lloyd, >> there you go.

[00:21:59]>> He's loving it.

[00:22:04]>> Lloyd, >> please come back.

[00:22:10]>> Can you see him?

[00:22:12]So he's gone he's gone that far with the wind now for him to come back against the wind. It's too far for him to come back all that way now. Is it?

[00:22:18]>> Yeah. So we have to go have to go and get him now.

[00:22:21]>> Oh dear. You know it nowhere to run baby.

[00:22:49]>> Morning Ash. How are you?

[00:22:54]Back in A&E, Suz's next patient is 17-year-old Toby, whose leg has been cut open by studs during a game of rugby.

[00:23:02]>> This looks like the Texas chainsaw massacre.

[00:23:05]It's not quite the look I was going for, right? So, that's that. I'm going to put some local anesthetic around the wound.

[00:23:11]>> So, my strong suggestion to you is to breathe on that antinox. In fact, nothing happens for about 20 breaths and then a beautiful moment happens where you feel slightly drunk. Not that you've ever been drunk ever.

[00:23:23]>> No, >> never.

[00:23:24]>> Never.

[00:23:24]>> Your nose is getting very slightly longer.

[00:23:27]>> No, it's not. I know it's wide, but it's not long.

[00:23:32]>> Okay.

[00:23:33]>> In this case, good old-fashioned laughing gas is the anesthetic of choice.

[00:23:38]>> Look at you.

[00:23:44]He's kicking now.

[00:23:48]He's enjoying this bit too much, I think.

[00:23:51]>> Yeah, I can hear everything.

[00:23:55]>> Okay, keep breathing away, my friend.

[00:23:57]Scratch coming.

[00:23:59]>> This is brilliant.

[00:24:03]>> All right, are you ready? Uh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16.

[00:24:12]>> OH.

[00:24:13]>> OH, YES.

[00:24:15]I WAS RIGHT ON IT.

[00:24:19]>> You see what's going to happen now? It's a terrible thing.

[00:24:22]>> Oh no.

[00:24:23]>> Oh yes. It's all good.

[00:24:26]>> Well, okay.

[00:24:28]>> I've never seen that before.

[00:24:38]>> Can I bring it out? As one of the most versatile A&E consultants in the hospital, Susie is also responsible for the very young patients that stream into children's A&E.

[00:24:49]>> This is Frank. Frank has had 45 minutes uh looks like a bit fear convulsion.

[00:24:54]>> Yeah.

[00:24:55]>> Initial temperature of 39.2. No.

[00:24:57]>> 3-year-old Frank has been brought in by ambulance suffering from convulsions.

[00:25:03]>> Susie knows that with children their health can deteriorate in an instant.

[00:25:07]Don't worry, just relax. Just relax.

[00:25:11]>> Right. Tell me the story from the top.

[00:25:14]>> His eyes rolled up. Uh he started seizing. His whole left side was like jolting for about 20 minutes.

[00:25:20]>> Just his left side.

[00:25:21]>> Just his left side. Okay.

[00:25:23]>> Uh then his head started going with it like a a twitch.

[00:25:26]>> Yeah.

[00:25:26]>> Um vomited five times in total.

[00:25:29]>> Yeah.

[00:25:30]>> Uh then he lost consciousness completely. I put him in the recovery position.

[00:25:34]>> Was he making funny noises?

[00:25:36]He was frothing.

[00:25:38]>> Yeah.

[00:25:38]>> I cannot guarantee that if his temperature goes up again that he might have another seizure.

[00:25:48]>> Good boy.

[00:25:50]Good boy.

[00:25:51]>> If a child had a seizure in front of their parents, they they think their child is dying.

[00:25:59]Many years ago, my daughter wasn't very well and so she slept with me and I I woke up in the night because she was so hot and I was a bit disorientated and I switched the light on and I looked at her and she was starting to twitch. She was about to have a seizure.

[00:26:21]It must have been only seconds, but it felt like forever that I didn't know what was happening. I'd absolut I just and I didn't know what to do. Let's have a peek down here. Maybe the gruff lives in here. Let's have a look.

[00:26:36]>> All kids with a feeling you you'd strip strip them off. The worst thing would be that he's got something more significant such as herpes and keilit oris something along along those lines and that needs a very particular treatment. So I need I just need to get this right.

[00:27:05]On the elderly ward, Sarah and Colette are on their way to visit 91year-old ex tank driver Albert.

[00:27:12]>> Aren't they?

[00:27:14]>> He's been off his food the last few days.

[00:27:18]>> Hey, Albert.

[00:27:20]>> Albert, I've heard you want some help with your menu tomorrow.

[00:27:24]>> You want some help with your dinner menu tomorrow?

[00:27:27]>> I've got no clue. Don't worry about your clothes over. Let's fill that paper in for you. Get your your meals sorted.

[00:27:35]>> Right. Fish and chips.

[00:27:36]>> Oh, yeah. Love that.

[00:27:38]>> Oh, fish and chips.

[00:27:39]>> Oh, shall we leave you alone?

[00:27:41]>> I don't know. You can >> you can get in bed with me at that.

[00:27:45]>> Oh, Albert. Not before dinner.

[00:27:48]>> I've just got married. I can't get in your bed. She's not married, though.

[00:27:53]>> Hey, I've been married three times.

[00:27:56]>> N told me. She works somehow.

[00:28:01]>> Do you know what I love about you, Albert? You're so honest.

[00:28:05]>> You're so honest.

[00:28:08]>> You say it as it is.

[00:28:09]>> I've done no wrong.

[00:28:10]>> You've done nothing wrong, my love.

[00:28:12]>> I don't think so.

[00:28:13]>> I don't think you have neither.

[00:28:14]>> I've shot some people.

[00:28:16]>> All right. Okay.

[00:28:18]>> Hello.

[00:28:18]>> All right, then.

[00:28:20]>> Do I know you?

[00:28:23]>> Are you all right then?

[00:28:24]>> Yeah.

[00:28:24]>> You coming home soon? When?

[00:28:27]>> Probably tomorrow if I can sort it.

[00:28:34]>> Please.

[00:28:35]>> I'm going to miss you.

[00:28:36]>> Yeah. Try your best.

[00:28:41]>> A Down in the basement, Glenn is undergoing his latest session of radiotherapy.

[00:29:09]Certainly made me stop and think, that is for sure. Makes you stop and think about your lifestyle and what you do every day and the way you do things every day and maybe things you take for granted every day. You know, just jumping out of bed in the morning and get getting off to work and then all of a sudden everything's a challenge.

[00:29:29]>> Poor Glenn. I hope he's getting on all right in radio.

[00:29:32]>> Getting on down there. Bless him.

[00:29:34]>> I know. He was in such a lot of pain, wasn't he? Last night.

[00:29:37]>> No, it breaks your heart, won't he? He's so young. Bless him. It's not fair.

[00:29:41]>> Eileen and Laura are responsible for Glenn's welfare on the ward.

[00:29:45]>> Oh, I gave him a big cuddle earlier and he nearly cried. And then I nearly cried. I don't think I've ever cried so much.

[00:29:51]>> I know. It's so sad.

[00:29:52]>> Working here as I have anywhere else.

[00:29:57]>> Sometimes you wish you could just do a bit more.

[00:29:59]>> I know. It's so hard, isn't it?

[00:30:02]>> Bless him. Wonder if Glenn will be about for dinner and have dinner. Not >> sure. It's been a couple of hours, hasn't he? I didn't think he'd be that long, to be honest. Hope he's all right.

[00:30:14]>> Back in his office, Vancat has received the results regarding Glenn's progress.

[00:30:21]Sadly, today I have to deliver the news to Glenn that radiotherapy is not working and this will come across as extremely heartbreaking for him and his family as this means he has a limited amount of time.

[00:30:37]Conversations like these involving breaking bad news are never easy.

[00:30:43]Patients need to be offered the option of knowing what's happening and it's important for us to be open and honest with them.

[00:30:57]>> Hello again.

[00:30:57]>> Hello again.

[00:31:00]>> This has been a challenging week.

[00:31:02]>> Um challenge may be an understatement.

[00:31:07]Um we are talking about treatment being paliative here and that means to control the pain to give you a good quality of life.

[00:31:17]>> It may not add a lot from a quantity point of view and hence it makes me say we're looking at months here.

[00:31:31]I'm expecting somebody just to walk through the door and tell me that I'm better and it's all sorted and and off you trot.

[00:31:41]>> I've heard that before.

[00:31:43]>> And and it's a it's a difficult place to be.

[00:31:48]>> What have I done in 45 years that have got me to where I am today?

[00:31:54]>> The question why me? Why now is something people ask all the time.

[00:31:59]>> Yeah. And then then obviously got on in the backyard.

[00:32:07]It's pretty inevitable now. I think that I'm going to be leaving people behind a lot.

[00:32:17]They're lot a lot older than me, you know. Um, I'm going to be leaving people behind.

[00:32:31]And maybe he is in a selfish sort of way. I didn't feel like it was my my turn yet, you know.

[00:32:41]And maybe by leaving and leaving them here a little bit selfish. I don't know.

[00:32:48]All of those things a little bit, I suppose.

[00:32:56]make the best of what we've got.

[00:33:00]>> I promise you this. We will try our very best to support the family.

[00:33:15]Thank you.

[00:33:36]in children's A&E. 3-year-old Frank's condition still hasn't improved.

[00:33:41]>> Are you hot again? Are you hot?

[00:33:45]>> He's probably tired now. I don't know.

[00:33:47]But he's just not all there, you know.

[00:33:49]It's not, >> you know, when I was saying look at the telly and he was looking at other things that and he knew the telly was there. I don't know. He was just funny.

[00:33:58]>> Not for six.

[00:33:59]>> Oh, very much. So, it was all exhausting. So, is this very unusual?

[00:34:04]>> You have never seen like >> what I'm going to do, I'm going to ask the nurses to check your numbers again cuz we want to make sure that this temperature is coming down. Dad says he's >> not quite back to his normal self.

[00:34:21]>> If his temperature whizzes up again, he could have another seizure.

[00:34:31]I think when I was younger, I didn't really grasp the enormity. And now when one has a family and a home, the enormity of those sort of situations sort of weigh very heavily.

[00:34:52]>> Susie wants a second opinion from a specialist.

[00:34:56]>> So, the ambulance is dispatched at 1709.

[00:34:59]He's had some jerky movements of his head. They said that his jaw was quite stiff. Um, initially seemed to have this sort of fixed stare up and left. He was fitting for 45 minutes. The bottom line is do we or don't we think it was focal seizure and do we or don't we give him a cycle of that's the bottom line for me would you superstar all righty >> you're a superstar bye bye bye bye bye >> very slight change of plan I have my friend who's one of the pediatric doctors either a she'll say actually you You know what? I'm happy now. Or perhaps we need a bit more time and a bit more information. Rosemary, slight change of plan. Liz will see him upstairs.

[00:35:48]>> All right.

[00:35:49]>> Sorry.

[00:35:50]>> As we're on a we're on a mission and once again, we're feeling a lot better.

[00:35:54]Bye-bye, beautiful.

[00:35:56]Bye-bye, beautiful.

[00:35:58]>> Say bye.

[00:35:59]>> Thumbs up.

[00:36:00]>> Thumbs up. I'm liking it. If I'm going in the wrong direction, I need somebody to be confident to respectfully tap me on the shoulder and say, "Susie, have you thought about something else?" There can never be a time when all of us know everything.

[00:36:18]Even as a even as a consultant, we need to have our radar on all the time to be able to just gently say, "Are you okay with that patient? Is there anything I can do to help?" Um, and that's part of the support supportive environment that we we have here.

[00:36:36]>> That's a good jump.

[00:36:37]>> Frank will stay on the pediatric ward for further investigations until it's safe for him to go home.

[00:37:18]Radiotherapy treatment has been ineffective in the fight against Glenn's tumor and the spread of cancer. His condition has deteriorated rapidly.

[00:37:31]>> Glenn at this point in time is unable to eat and drink, remains in his bed, not able to talk to his family. Sadly, he's dying. Cancer is so shocking in the way it can take one's life rapidly. And we will do everything we can to keep him comfortable and support Dawn and the rest of the family for as long as they need us.

[00:37:57]>> You slept in this room for 3 weeks now.

[00:38:00]>> Nearly. Yeah.

[00:38:01]>> Things have changed a lot.

[00:38:03]>> Yeah.

[00:38:04]>> Last two days. I'm just I've got a cute struggle for Glenn because he needs me and uh so I'm just basically holding it together.

[00:38:13]>> Please do look after yourself.

[00:38:15]>> I am >> continue to look after yourself and let us help support you all. Please. Yeah, it was a little hard at first because I were like, you know, I don't want to impose on anybody or >> like I was asking too much, but now I've I've come to realize that, you know, they're all brilliant and they're here to help me and I'm going to let them.

[00:38:35]>> Please do. I am.

[00:38:36]>> Nice to see you.

[00:38:37]>> And you >> take care.

[00:38:38]>> Pleasure.

[00:38:39]>> Take care.

[00:38:39]>> Thank you.

[00:38:41]>> You build up such a strong bond with these people that you know, you spend more time with them than you do with your own family. You you don't put on this uniform and put on a front and put on a show.

[00:38:55]You mean every word that you say and every cuddle and every kiss.

[00:39:02]In that moment that somebody's dying, I remember all of the things that people have said and it will never leave.

[00:39:10]Like where have you gone? I love you and thank you for having me.

[00:39:19]6 days later, Glenn passed away.

[00:39:37]>> There'll always be a steady stream of patients coming here at the Royal Derby who are often at their weakest and most vulnerable. Sometimes we can fix them and sometimes we can't. But the key thing is we'll never stop trying.

[00:39:48]>> Just painting your leg up now, Mr. McIntyre.

[00:39:52]>> Giving you a nice brown suntan. Except it's only the one leg. Right. Screen's up there, Mr. McIntyre. I'll see you in about an hour.

[00:40:01]>> Uh 54 by 32 contemporary socket, please.

[00:40:04]Matron.

[00:40:06]>> Oh, yes.

[00:40:18]We're like the Charlie's angels, aren't >> we?

[00:40:24]Here we are, girls. Don't fight over him.

[00:40:30]>> What I've learned from working here is take the good with the bad, but never take anything for granted.

[00:40:38]Never, ever, ever.

[00:40:42]Life is precious and life is short. So treasure every single moment and make sure every single person you love knows that you love them to encourage her.

[00:40:58]>> I think we get it right most of the time. When you see people coming into the department clinging to life and and we do our job right and then they leave hospital and go home that's a great feeling and maybe they have a greater appreciation for life after that.

[00:41:15]>> Where do we go when we die? I have no idea. But personally for me I would like to be in a place which is peaceful and plenty of cricket to watch. Let there be cuckoo a >> everybody.

[00:41:35]>> But first of all, >> please let there be love.

[00:41:43]>> Let there be love.

[00:41:48]You got to love that one, haven't you?

[00:41:50]What a tune.