Tragic twin girls orphaned as mum dies of cancer just months after dad's tragedy

Beloved mum Hannah Whitsell, 40, tragically died from crab with her 11-year-old duplicate daughters astatine her bedside - little than 2 years aft the girls' begetter passed away

Two young twins person been tragically orphaned aft their mum died from breast crab - little than 2 years aft they mislaid their dad.

Hannah Whitsell, 40, mislaid her conflict with bosom cancer past week conscionable months aft uncovering a lump nether her arm. The beloved mum tried to fell her diagnosis from her 11-year-old duplicate daughters, Isabelle and Emmy, knowing the household had already suffered a immense nonaccomplishment erstwhile the girls mislaid their dada successful May 2023.

She underwent months of chemotherapy and had a treble mastectomy successful August 2024 with afloat lymph node removal earlier being fixed the all-clear connected September 12. The household celebrated with alleviation that she was going to beryllium ok, but the crab returned conscionable a period aboriginal - and this time, it dispersed to her bones.

Hannah, who grew up successful Sutton Coldfield earlier moving to Tamworth, Staffordshire, was past admitted to the infirmary successful December with fluid successful her lungs and pneumonia, but was capable to instrumentality location to walk 1 last Christmas with her girls. She past returned to infirmary with complications from pneumonia, the HMPV microorganism and sepsis - and tragically died connected January 14, surrounded by her loved ones.

Her duplicate daughters thanked her for being their mum arsenic she slipped away, Hannah's member Thomas told BirminghamLive. Speaking astir his nieces, who are being looked aft by Hannah's dada and his wife, Thomas said: "They loved their mum and didn't walk much than 2 days distant from Hannah and the lone clip they did was erstwhile she was successful hospital, they were obsessed with her."

Hannah's ex-partner died of pneumonia successful May 2023. Thomas, 33, added: "After losing their dad, Hannah was their world - she was specified a bully mum. She did everything with them and took them everywhere. Just an progressive mum similar a ace mum. They said that they'd been disquieted astir their dada being connected his ain successful heaven, but present mummy was determination to look aft daddy and vice versa. Hannah was truthful unlucky with things. It is truthful uncommon however assertive the crab came backmost and the treatments conscionable weren't working. She became highly frail and past each the complications were horrible to watch."

Hannah's mum, Phyllis Whitsell, who was a erstwhile caregiver of 50 years, helped to attraction for her dauhter astatine Good Hope Hospital during her past weeks. Thomas said: "The doctors and nurses inactive did their bit, but my mum ne'er near her side."

Thomas, who is simply a dada to two-year-old lad Reggie and has a babe miss connected the way, says helium volition ever cherish the representation of Hannah astatine his sex uncover enactment successful October. Speaking astir his unborn daughter, helium said: "We're going to springiness her the mediate sanction Grace, which means Hannah."

A GoFundMe for the twin's continued care, launched by Thomas, raised astir £30,000 wrong days. He said: "The girls were determination erstwhile she died, which was heartbreaking. They didn't cognize she had cancer. They conscionable thought she was poorly. They were sitting by her bedside saying, convey you, mummy, for everything you've taught us; convey you for the dinners you've made us. It conscionable shows that radical bash care. Some of the messages person been overwhelming."

Thomas hopes to rise consciousness of crab and hopes that Hannah's communicative whitethorn assistance to forestall the aforesaid happening from happening to idiosyncratic else.