Sandra Joy Page

This is a Memorial for my mum, Sandra Joy Page who sadly passed away unexpectedly on the 20th November 1998 at home with her husband Keith, son Darren and myself at her side when it happened. Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest, Septicemia & Lymphedema (illness she already had). My mum started becoming ill and was none stop going to doctors and different hospitals for tests, to see what was wrong but no doctor could see what was wrong... She started to notice something wrong in the year 1980 which was when she was pregnant with Darren, it weren't intil we had moved to Corby around 1994, I cannot remember the exact year though as I would have only been a little girl at the time... Once we moved to Corby, Northamptonshire... Mum and dad signed up to the local doctors and we had a doctor called: Dr Misara. He was the only one to tell my mum what the problem/illness was. It turned out to be she had Lymphedema of the Legs.

This is my story of the day my mum passed:

Friday Evening/Night, 20th Nov 1998...
I remember it being a Friday evening when I was 11 years of age, watching Top Of The Pops at home on the TV in the living room while dad was in the kitchen and mum was sitting down on the sofa. Darren was in his room I think watching his own TV.

My mum had been unwell for a week already but all of a sudden I noticed my mum getting out of breath, finding it hard and asking for me to pass her the electric fan as she said she felt hot and dizzy and she even looked scared herself also she was still finding it hard to catch her breath and talk then with a blink she had flopped on to her side and was not breathing. I shouted dad to come into the room and I was crying and scared well bad. My dad started worrying and crying and told me to ring 999. I was straight onto the phone and they was talking me through everything and details while the ambulance was on it's way. My dad tried calling mums name: 'Sandra, wake up, wake up'. While I was still on the phone to the operator, my dad ran round to our next door neighbours and asked for their help. Claire and Charlie came straight round. Charlie gave my mum the normal mouth to mouth etc but nothing was working, she was sick though but still wasn't breathing. While Charlie was trying to help, Claire took me and my brother Darren to tell and fetch my sister Nicci who lived about 5/10mins away. She came back with us and her boyfriend, John too came back to our home.

By the time we had got back home, the ambulance had turned up and a doctor. I went to see mum but I got told to go out the room and then got took out of the room because I didn't listen when I got told. I had to go into one of the bedrooms but I kept trying my hardest to get back into the living room where my mum was. I had a quick look at my mum just enough to see what was going on before my sister and doctor etc told me to come out. What I seen was, they had stretched my mum onto the floor and started trying to resuscitate her, they must have tried for 15/20mins but nothing. She had gone. Then I seen them taking her to the hospital on their stretcher with a white blanket over her.

Then dad came into the room where me, Darren, Nicci and John was and my dad said sorry and came to cuddle us all in a group and we was all crying our hearts out.

Dad rang our Nan and uncle (my mums mum and brother) to tell them what had happened then they came over and took my dad to the hospital as he had to tell the hospital what happened and to identify my mum. Nicci my sister and her partner John stayed at home with me and Darren while dad had to go out. When dad got back it was all quiet, didn't know what to say or do and we all just stood and sat around as well as the cuddles and crying.

Then later on that night we sat watching the TV but didn't have the volume up or anything and just sat and didn't speak hardly to each other, I just sat curled up in my dads arm chair and didn't speak and didn't go to sleep till like 4am plus. I couldn't eat and drink for a week properly.

Just want to say thank you mum for all the help and support you have given me and the rest of our family and friends. I hope that you are not in anymore pain and that you are happier now without the illness and I hope Darren is with you too, I would hate you both to be apart from each other. I miss you so very much and love you loads more than you may know. From your youngest daughter, Jessica. Also just want to say: Darren, I love you too and miss you and sorry for all the times we have argued etc. You were a wonderful brother. From your little sister, Jessica xXxxXx Hugs and Kisses To You and Mum xXxxXx Look after each other xXxxXx

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Many thanks to the people reading and who have read this. My sister Nicci, has done a memorial about our beloved brother who sadly passed away in January 2005 - Please take a look at;

http://darren-lee-page.gonetoosoon.org/memorial/

Also I have done a memorial page for my Grandfather, George William Page. Please take a look at:

http://george-william-page.gonetoosoon.org/memorial/

Thanks, xx