Distraught

How do I get through this. I lay next to my 15 year old daughter as she gasped her last breaths and died. 9 months treatment for a cardiac sarcoma. Open heart surgery, gruelling chemo and then during her 6 weeks proton beam therapy she developed 3 aggressive brain tumours and died 3 weeks later. We had her home for 3 weeks palliative care after she developed left side paralysis as the tumour was so big. I can't get to sleep tonight as rel-living  the sound of her gasping to breath as she lost the ability to swallow. There doesn't seem to be anyone who understands the loss of a teenager full of life and dreams. How do I get through? How does my family function without her?

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  • I have just popped on tonight to check my messages and saw that no one had replied to your very sad post.  I have no comprehension of how I would cope under these awful circumstances and nothing I say will help but I did watch my husband of fifty two years take his last breath a few months ago but the loss of a child must be unbearable.  I hope that others will offer advice and help to guide you in the right direction to receive the help you so deserve in your loss.  A Moderator will read this and will give you helplines and other agencies to give you some guidance.  All my love to you a  your family, Carol 

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  • I have just popped on tonight to check my messages and saw that no one had replied to your very sad post.  I have no comprehension of how I would cope under these awful circumstances and nothing I say will help but I did watch my husband of fifty two years take his last breath a few months ago but the loss of a child must be unbearable.  I hope that others will offer advice and help to guide you in the right direction to receive the help you so deserve in your loss.  A Moderator will read this and will give you helplines and other agencies to give you some guidance.  All my love to you a  your family, Carol 

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