Bereaved Archives

Graham’s Story

by Mark | Oct 2, 2019

Dad was on his way to a doctor’s appointment when he stopped outside a travel agent to look at a holiday. “That’s a bargain, Janet, that will be gone before we know it.” “Let’s see what the doctor says first” Mum replied. It turned out Dad had to undergo surgery to...

Liz’ Story

by Mark | Sep 11, 2019

My Mum, Liz, was never one for complaining when she was unwell, so when her cold-like symptoms continued for a second week she was quick to downplay them. That she’d barely mentioned her sore throat and fever made it all the more shocking when my Dad called me at 7:00...

Chloe’s Story

by Mark | Aug 30, 2019

In October 2018, Chloe went to hospital for an appendix operation, which led to her tragically losing her life to sepsis. Her father Dave talks about losing his daughter: “As you can imagine, we are totally heartbroken and struggling to understand why this has...

Joy’s Story

by Mark | Feb 4, 2019

I was sitting in a restaurant in Vancouver in October 2017 when I received a phone call from my sister-in-law. “Can you get an earlier flight? Joy’s going into hospital and she’s quite poorly.” For the last two days we had been chatting on Face Time and I knew she had...

Samar’s Story

by Mark | Jan 21, 2019

It’s a phone call that will haunt me for the rest of my life. It was the hospital consultant, calling to tell me that my 6 day old son’s heart was failing, and they needed to start chest compressions. Even though I remember that phone call so clearly, I can only...