A fundraiser has been set up to assist bring a Wishaw gran home after she handed away whereas mourning the death of her son in London.
May Connor had travelled south on February 28 to assist help 4 of her grandchildren after the sudden death of her 54-year-old son, Kevin.
But the 79-year-old took unwell inside days and was admitted to hospital the place medics found a blood clot in her leg earlier than working to insert a stent.
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She was compelled to miss her son’s funeral on April 8 due to her ailing well being and shortly started to deteriorate at St Thomas’ Hospital in Lambeth.
On April 22, she tragically died on the twenty eighth anniversary of her late husband Jimmy’s death and what would have been Kevin’s fifty fifth birthday.
A fundraiser has been set up to bring May Connor home to Wishaw
May’s daughter Jacqui has remained in London and has been left devastated by the double tragedy which has engulfed the household.
She mentioned: “We haven’t been in a position to grieve for Kevin due to what occurred to mum.
“We had been all shocked by how rapidly she deterioated.
“Mum suffered from COPD, however there was no means she wasn’t going to be there for her grandchildren.
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“She was adamant she was taking place to London. But she was taken into hospital after a few days with a blood clot.
“She was in the hospital for 3 weeks and had quite a lot of totally different issues.
“She actually went downhill when she was informed she wouldn’t be getting out for Kevin’s funeral. I actually assume that broke her.
“As a household we’ve now misplaced my mum and my dad on the identical day 28 years aside, and it will have been our Kevin’s fifty fifth birthday on the identical day. We simply hate April 22.
May Connor with her household
“We at all times mentioned to her when she was in the hospital not to fear and that we’d get her home – clearly we didn’t assume it will be in a field.
“But we’re decided to get her home.”
The GoFundMe web page was set up by Jacqui and daughter Leighann’s buddy Jacqueline Crawford.
In the put up, Jacqueline mentioned: “It is extraordinarily necessary to the household that they’re in a position to bring their loving mum and gran home to Scotland to her resting place.
“Any donation could be extraordinarily appreciated by all in order to have May’s physique return home with her household.”
You could make a donation and assist the household right here.
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