A 'beautiful' mum died just two weeks after doctors told her she couldn't go on her abroad family holiday because of cancer.
Kirsty Guy, 33, had previously suffered from breast cancer while pregnant with her daughter Hallie, reports the Liverpool Echo. Following a period of gruelling treatment and having her baby prematurely, the brave mum was eventually given the all-clear from the disease.
However, two years later, Kirsty developed a severe cough.
She went to the GP assuming that it was likely a chest infection, but follow-up tests revealed that she had "patches on her lungs" and she was handed a horrific diagnosis. Kirsty had been suffering from secondary metastatic breast cancer which had spread to her lungs and was told by specialists that it was "treatable but not curable".
The then 32-year-old immediately began more treatment in an attempt to prolong her life.
Husband Shaun told the ECHO: "She came down with a really bad cough and it got to the point where it was keeping us up at night and getting on top of her.
"With it being Easter we had to wait a few days but it was basically confirmed she had lung cancer and it was terminal."
Kristy's cancer treatment continued but in March this year she began to experience horrific headaches and Shaun said the pain she was experiencing was "unbearable".
Then, just a week before they were due to fly away on holiday, the couple of ten years were told the cancer had spread to Kirsty's brain and within two weeks she deteriorated rapidly.
Tragically, Kirsty died on May 27, aged 33, leaving behind her loving husband and children Scarlett and Hallie.
Shaun, who said the couple went to CenterParcs for a holiday instead, said: "Literally in two weeks she deteriorated. She had memory loss and dizziness. We were due on holiday the Saturday after but we were told she wasn't fit to fly so we went to CenterParcs instead.
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"Our last holiday away and she loved every minute of it. She even went swimming for the first time since her mastectomy. We thought she had been given the all clear in 2020 and that was that but this cancer was secondary so we took that as the cancer hadn't gone completely.
"She was beautiful, with the illness she took everything on the chin, she was used to getting bad news and said there was nothing you can do, what's the point in crying."
Shaun urged people to go to the doctor if they feel something isn't quite right.
"If you feel something abnormal or something you think is a little worry, I'd recommend going to your GP straight away," he said.
A fundraiser was previously set up for the family to help the family with their finances. At the time of writing, the page has raised more than £12,000.
