"We just had to sit there and watch the machine go down until he passed. It was the worst thing in my entire life."
The brother of a man who died rapidly from a rare form of cancer has spoken about his heartbreaking final moments.
Last month, Michael Brame, of Cleckheaton, passed away after being diagnosed with Sepsis and Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma.
Michael first went to hospital following the discovery of a lump under his arm.
The 29-year-old visited two other hospitals before arriving in Leeds when the Sepsis was diagnosed.
It turned out his right lung had collapsed and he had lumps and rashes all over his body.
"It was one symptom after another after another. He was living in pain," Michael's brother Robert King said.
"They took him off the breathing support and said he was making a bit of progress.
"Two days later, three doctors sat me and my mum down and I knew it was bad news.
"They said this is the end of his life. That was on Monday, June 21.
"He wasn’t responsive. He squeezed my hand a little bit just before he went. He could hear us, his heart rate fluctuated on the machine.
"Then they said we would turn the machines off. He could have lasted a couple of hours or days. He lasted five hours (on June 23).
"It (the whole process) was so quick, about eight or nine weeks. It was horrible to see him die like that."
Tributes have come flooding in from around the country since Michael's passing.
Robert added: "Michael was the nicest man you could ever meet.
"He was so childlike because he had autism. He was just lovely, nobody had a bad word to say about him.
"He never hurt anybody. So many people are shocked that he has died."
Robert has set up a gofundme page to not only raise funds for Michael's funeral but for St James' Hospital.
The events have also inspired him to now donate blood every three months.
"I am preaching to everyone to give blood now," he said.
"Michael had three blood transfusions, so somebody saved my brother's life by giving blood.
"I got a text the other day to say my blood had been used at Leicester Royal Infirmary. It made me feel happy.
"As an honour to Michael, I will be going every three months to give blood."
Michael’s funeral will be held at Nabwood Crematorium tomorrow at 1.20pm.
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