Dad thought he was just 'a bit under the weather' - weeks later he was dead

A dad died just four months after feeling "under the weather" before being told his symptoms were cancer.

Girls football coach Dean Stonehouse began feeling tired in May last year, and by the end of the month his fatigue resulted in him collapsing. Wife Amy took him in for tests, saying "we still didn't think it was that serious" - only for doctors to deliver the blow that the 38-year-old had stage four cancer.

The family were floored by the news, having no history of cancer and with Dean being physically fit and healthy due to his coaching at a local football club. Furthermore, Dean was never told the primary source of his cancer as doctors "just couldn't find it".

Dean tragically died at the beginning of October, leaving behind wife Amy and daughters Sophia and Leila, who were only 13 and 11 when their dad was diagnosed. The family, from Cardiff, say they are now determined to honour Dean's memory raising cash for the palliative care hospital where he was treated.

"Dean fought every step of the way," Amy told Wales Online. "He would say 'we are going fight this' and I genuinely didn't think what happened would. He was always thinking of others and was the best dad and husband." She added: "He was only diagnosed at the end of May and died at the beginning of October. We met at university and had been together for 20 years, we love him always and forever and miss him so so much, but we are determined to do this for him."

"Having to tell the girls was one of the worst things I have ever had to do. Shortly after that we had the girls' birthdays, and then there was Christmas. I had to get the girls the flowers for Valentine's Day because that is something their dad always did. It has been so hard, some days it is hard to