Chantal Adams
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I am 32 years old, career counsellor and live in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. I lost my husband on the 15 May 2016. I am a widow and single mother raising our beautiful daughter.
About my Loss:
I lost my husband on the 15 May 2016 as a result of an accident at work. I was eight months pregnant when the accident happened. He was a spray painter and the accident resulted in him sustaining burns to 75% of his body. When there is no skin infection and organ failure is the main concern but he survived another two months which he spent in an isolated glass room at Vincent Pallotti surgical ICU in Pinelands Cape Town. They began skin graphing and he was working with physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists and things were looking up. The infections settled in, organs began to fail, then he developed severe seizures which caused swelling on his brain and by the Sunday his doctor presented me with a decision about whether I would let nature take its course or switch off the machines. He was already brain dead and his kidneys had shut down. Was that a choice? There I was mother to a one month old baby who had to make a decision about when to switch off my husbands life support. He had no blood pressure as they were pumping him full of adrenaline to keep him going. Once they stopped all the meds we watched as his heart rate just dropped until there was nothing and they put off the machines. I am 32, single mother and widow. While in hospital the registration of our first home was approved, so now I sit with our home without him - how can this be?
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