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Jade goes home to die
Last updated at 11:48am on 11.03.09Jade Goody today left the Royal Marsden Hospital after being allowed to go home to die.
The cancer-stricken reality TV star, who has been given just days to live, left the hospital in Chelsea by ambulance this morning. With her was husband Jack Tweed and a nurse to keep her pain under control on the journey to her Essex home.
Holding hands: husband Jack Tweed comforts cancer-stricken Jade as she is wheeled out of the Royal Marsden today
Goody, 27, has been desperate to spend what remaining time she has at home with Tweed, 21, and her sons Bobby, five, and four-year-old Freddie.
Her spokesman Max Clifford said today she was thrilled that she was allowed to go home but nurses would still be keeping a watchful eye on her.
He said: “It's what she's been wanting, to be near her boys, Jack and other loved ones in the time she has left. She will be settled in at home and for the first few days she will be visited by staff from the Royal Marsden who will be popping in and out to make sure the local Macmillan nurses know what needs to be done. They will show them exactly what to do to keep the epidural at the right levels so they can take over full-time.
“And then hopefully that will be that. Everyone just wants to make it as smooth a transaction as possible for her so she has as good a quality of life in the time that she has left and this is the best way to do that.”
Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer last summer and the disease has spread through her body. After unsuccessful chemotherapy treatment she was told she had just weeks to live, upon which news Tweed proposed. The couple married last month. Footage of her wedding airs tomorrow on Living TV.
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jade i would never want you to die your a amazin person i have been suporting you all the way (yn)
i hope you R . I . P i hope your boys will never forget you and i hope you enjoy the time you have lft with your boys and your new husband
- Kaysha Mcdonald, scotland / bathgate
Godbless you sweeti, god make your end peaceful to heaven Jade brave girl, go to sleep my lovely kind regards and love Sorrayax x x x x
- Sorraya, croyden
yeah you are a z lister celeb, and everyone keeps moaning, but strip that away, and you have a mum, who is about to pass away from cancer, and will never see, or touch her kids again.
very, very , sad.
God speed.
- Peter, cork, ireland
I hope that you will be comforted in the time that you have left. It seems so unfair that this is happening to you, at your age, with children too...but you have never really moaned about it, (just like you have never moaned about your upbringing) you have instead, strived to make a better life for your lovely boys.
God bless!
- Natasha, london
anon - South London. I agree with you 100% - well said.
- Chris, London, UK
I hope you last days are everything you want them to be and that there is lots of laugher. Thats one thing Jade will leave behind, lots of laughter!
When you see the light Jade, go to it, you'll be in a better place.
- Julie, London
hope the time you have left is peaceful
- Andy, redditch
The true spirit of a feisty south London girl! So, so sad but Jade you can be proud of all that you have achieved in your short life. And you will leave a lasting legacy. May you find total peace and comfort and be free of all your pain. Good on you for doing everything possible to secure a furture for your boys! God bless Jade. You will always be remembered.
- Anon, south london
Jade God Bless you I feel very sad that you are being taken away from your lovely little boys, they will never forget their Mummy xxx
- Lesley & Anna, London
My heart goes out to Jade and her family and any other families that are going through this....I can't imagine what it would be like to know that you are going to die in the next few days..truly awful disease.
- Nicky, london
God bless, Jade. Sleep tight xxx
- Marianne, SW France
