I was lucky enough to meet micheal in the last few months of his life under sad circumstances. My dad was admitted to ward c4 at Southampton general hospital after being diagnosed with cancer. He was lucky enough to be placed along side micheal and they hit it off stright away. They had each others back right away. Dad would ask us (his daughters) to bring some bits in for him and of course micheal. We couldnt leave micheal out lol. Dad would watch micheals every move just incase he fell or needed anything. One night when my dad was asleep micheal made his way over to dads bed and sat next to him to make sure he was ok!! They would do sign language across the ward! God knows what they said but they new!!! Dad asked us to bring him some chip shop chips in one night, michels smelt them and along he came to share them hence why dad has named him “mr chips” michela would come sit with us when we came to visit so all the time we were there we visited micheal too. He became a big part us, danielle and i would often swap dads and sit chatting. Its lovely how dannielle has got to know my dad and totally gets him. Near to the end of micheals life he got moved so i would go visit dad the go see micheal. My last visit to see micheal i gave him a hug and said “love ya” he said it back which made my day. I only new him afew months but he has left is mark on my heart. Such a true gent with a heart of gold xxx