Logan's Story

Logan was a happy, funny, kind, mullet owning, rugby loving 16 year old with his whole life in front of him, until the 21st of October 2022.

A few weeks previously he had a few lumps come up on his neck, No other symptoms at all.

Still going to college, the gym and rowing and playing 80 minute rugby matches as a front row, just 9 days later we got the devastating news that Logan was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Our world fell apart in a matter of moments, never to be the same again.

We were sent to Bristol Hospital and he started treatment on the 23rd. He was a true warrior, never complained, or said why me he just got on with it! -Once he asked the nurse in Bristol to make sure his discharge was done by 8am because he had to watch his team the Newquay hornets play at 11am in Wadebridge. He made it!

Another time Logan and his best friend were at the cinema and an advert came on about cancer it said “ 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our life time” Logan turned to his friend and said I’ve got you covered mate! Another ‘just Logan’

Comments was the time at New Year he got covid and Logan talked about the 3 C’s….I’ve had covid, I’ve got cancer, I’m looking forward to ch******a. This was Logan all over! He made light of every situation and always making us laugh or in my case squirm! That’s why everyone he met Loved him instantly! The nurses use to fallout over who was going to treat him because he was SO amazing!

Unfortunately part way through treatment his consultant told us that treatment wasn’t working and that Logan needed a bone marrow transplant.

This was a shocking blow as he was doing so amazingly and everything was going so well! I was in absolute pieces but in true Logan style he sat me down and made me think of all the positives, his positivity even when faced with the worst news was something else! He really was one of a kind!

On the 2nd of June 2023 Logan received his BMT. Again it went SO well. Logan was back at the flat in Bristol with us just 12 days after, we were a family again. It was a tough time but we were all together and that’s what mattered. He started walking and within a couple of weeks he was walking 5km a day and back to the gym-safely (with the go ahead from doctors and nurses to help with Logan psychical and mental health) within 6 weeks.

He had so much grit and determination. Nothing was going to stop him playing rugby again. His goal was to play on the Boxing Day match and nothing was going to stop him not even leukaemia.

On the 27th of July Logan got a temperature and we took him to the hospital, things took a sharp turn and Logan got really poorly, really quickly, doctors couldn’t find out what was causing it. On the 3rd of August we got the most devastating news that Logan’s leukaemia was back and not only that the relapse had caused secondary HLH. Our world was shattered! Hearing that news is something no parent should EVER go through! My heart was smashed into a million pieces.

We thought we were going to lose him that weekend, but with true Logan style he proved us wrong! On the 7th of August Logan was well enough to travel home. He wanted to be in his beloved Cornwall more than anything.

We stayed one night in our local hospital. Then we all got home as a family exactly where we should be, just not in the situation we wanted.
Logan was so glad to be home and to see his adored lab Lola who he missed so much.

Logan thoughts soon turned to his sister Aurora only worrying about one thing making sure his little sister was looked after, from writing cards for her birthdays, Christmas’s and wedding day, he wanted us to sell his car and put the money away to buy her first car, asking the nurses if she could have his make a wish and made me promise him I would give Aurora the life he had.

Logan also asked his best friend to look after his little sister and do things for her that big brothers would do. he really did only think of others. His little sister was always his first thought and she will grow up knowing what an amazing big brother she has.
He also wrote a letter to his college rugby team mates once he knew that treatment wasn’t going to work. Part of it read

‘And if I could ask one thing-never take a game for granted, you never know when our last chance to play may be, so play with every ounce and you will never regret playing on that pitch.
I promise as part of the Truro College Spirit, I will not go down without giving every last ounce in my body.’
We now use this as our family motto and take it with us in everyday life- ‘with every ounce’ Along with his college who dedicated an award in
Logan’s name, with the award going to the player who gives every ounce regardless of anything else. Also having ‘with every ounce’ LL on the walls of the college to remind the students of Logan’s determination and strength!

We spent an amazing 2 weeks together making the most of every moment. On the 23rd of August 2023 Logan lost his fight. Our life’s will never be the same again without our happy, funny, rugby loving, perfect boy. There’s a massive Logan shaped hole in our hearts and we miss him ‘with every ounce’!

I would just like to take this opportunity to say thank you so much for giving us this opportunity, not only is it much needed break from normality its also the chance to see a much loved family that we met on this heart breaking journey! We love them so very much and this break enables us to see them that we wouldn’t have been able to do without you! So Thank you xx