Best friends for more than 30 years – now Michael and Paul are in the same hospice in Telford together
When hospice patient Michael Childs saw his best friend of 30 years coming through the door he hoped it was to visit him – but sadly it wasn't.
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Michael Childs and Paul Enever have been best friends for decades, but their latest reunion has been bittersweet.
Michael said: "I was going out for a cigarette and he was just walking in and I said 'are you coming to see me?' and he said 'no, I am coming to stay,' and I almost fell to the floor."
60-year-old Michael, from Madeley in Telford, is currently being given end-of-life care at Severn Hospice in Apley.
The former milkman was stunned when a few weeks ago his best friend Paul also arrived at the site for palliative care.
The pair are more used to relaxing together on a canal boat or enjoying a trip away, but now find themselves both being cared for at the hospice – Michael with acute leukaemia, and Paul, who is 51, with lung cancer.
They are both urging people to support the hospice, whose staff Michael described as 'guardian angels'.
