Former rugby league player Rob Burrow - who was diagnosed with MND in 2019 - passed away on Sunday at the age of 41
However, their shared journey was heartbreakingly cut short, with Leeds Rhinos announcing on Sunday that Burrow had died at the age of 41 after a battle with motor neurone disease . Diagnosed with MND in late 2019, two years post-retirement from rugby league , Burrow dedicated his remaining time to raising awareness and funds for research into the relentless condition.
Rob, who surpassed doctors' expectations and lived with the disease for five years, previously admitted that he couldn't have carried on without her, and in a BBC documentary, Lindsey revealed that her husband had one request for her upon his eventual death. He had begged her to 'find someone else' following his passing, but the full-time carer, whom he met at 15, refused to.
"It's really difficult because you don't want to upset him but I want to know what Rob wants and his wishes so we have had to have those difficult conversations. And I know what Rob wants but I try not to think about the end because I can't imagine a world without Rob." "Rob made me understand that we had a stark choice: either we could waste what time he had left by dwelling on all the things he'd miss out on when he was gone, or we could make as many happy memories as possible."
Rob admitted struggling to come to terms with his prognosis, yet an encounter with Scottish rugby union legend Doddie Weir, who has been battling MND for more than five years, gave him a fresh outlook to face life's challenges with humour.
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