A family was left heartbroken when a mum-of-three suddenly died after helping her eldest child get ready for school. Michaela Bateman, 34, was rushed to hospital when she complained of being in pain on the morning of September 29.
But despite the best efforts of hospital staff, she later died from a pulmonary embolism. Earlier that day, while helping her son, Goerge, get ready for school, she called out to her mum, Sharon Massingham, who was staying with her daughter at the time, and said she was in pain, The Mirror reports.
After being taken to Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, Michaela suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after arriving and according to staff was “gravely ill”. Sharon had followed the ambulance to the hospital with her son Craig. She said the doctors had to “work” Michaela’s heart and breathing for her but tragically could not save her.
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Michaela is survived by nine-year-old son George, Colby, two, and five-month-old Cahlia. Sharon, 52, told Surrey Live : "She was in agony and saying it was in her rib cage.
"She suffered from pancreatitis, which I thought it was." She said the pain "grew worse and worse" and so she called an ambulance for her daughter.
She added: "They worked on her for about an hour and a half but they had to turn the machine off as there was no more they could do for her. She died from a catastrophic pulmonary embolism. She was a devoted mum and she used to go on date nights with her eldest and go bowling and for a meal.
"We lost my mum on September 19 - Michaela and she were very close - and then 10 days later we lost my daughter. So it's been a double whammy. It's a case of having to cope with it because we have the children."
Sharon revealed that either her or her husband will have to give up their jobs so they can take care of their three grandchildren. She added: "There just isn't any government help you can get because we're the grandparents and so unfortunately one of us has got to give up work as well."
Michaela's brother, Craig, said: "It's been really hard and a struggle to come to terms with it all. It's hard to explain when someone like that passes - losing your sister is horrible."
A fundraiser was set up by Michaela's friends to help "provide Michaela's family with some financial support for her funeral" and the "care of her three beautiful children".
At the time of writing, donations more than doubled the initial target of £3,000 as it reached £7,415.
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