Mum's heartbreak as son suddenly dies of heart attack on family holiday on Canary Islands

Lesley Duck, from Bathgate, West Lothian, has spoken of the "total turmoil" she and her household look pursuing the tragic decease of her lad David Duck successful Fuerteventura

A grief-stricken parent has told of her sorrow aft her lad died of a heart attack portion they were connected holiday connected the Canary Islands.

David Duck, 43, suffered thorax pains and shortness of enactment erstwhile helium and mum Lesley successful Caybeach Caleta connected the westbound of Fuerteventura.

Lesley, 64, is present unsure "what happens next" owed to the connection barrier, arsenic David's assemblage was taken distant successful ambulance connected Sunday. The mum, from Bathgate, West Lothian, often went connected holidays with her lad pursuing his terminal pancreatic crab diagnosis but this time, David had a terrible aesculapian episode.

David, who besides had sclerosis of the liver, did not instrumentality retired question insurance, and truthful Lesley is present struggling with the fiscal broadside of losing her son. She plans to instrumentality to Scotland connected Tuesday aft figuring retired what to do, reports Edinburgh Live.

"It's been full turmoil, but I'm doing amended now. David died of a bosom attack. He had pancreatic cancer, and sclerosis of the liver," devastated Lesley told our sister publication.

"He lived hard, and played harder. He was lone 43 years old. He didn't person insurance, which is the problem. He knew helium was dying, truthful didn't care. He conscionable died sooner than expected."

David's ashes are expected to beryllium handed implicit connected Monday, with Lesley feeling she's had "no support". The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it was supporting the family.

Lesley continued: "I'm gathering a pistillate contiguous who is going to help, she lives connected the land and speaks fluent Spanish. She's going to travel with maine and explicate things and construe for me.

"It's the fiscal expenses that person thrown me. It's each going to onshore connected me. He's getting cremated contiguous (Friday) which is going to outgo maine £2,600. I told them I couldn't spend that. The institution went distant and came back, and said if I could springiness them an £800 deposit they'd marque a outgo program for erstwhile I get home.

"So that seems to beryllium what's happening. I don't adjacent cognize if I get a decease certificate oregon anything, it's each been truthful confusing. I volition get his ashes connected Monday, different than that I've had nary support."

A FCDO spokesperson said: “We are supporting the household of a British antheral who has died successful Fuerteventura and are successful interaction with the section authorities.”