Brave SA woman’s heartbreaking battle with illness comes to end

A South Australian woman, whose brave battle with crippling and painful disease touched thousands, has ended her own life under voluntary assisted dying laws.

A terminally ill Adelaide woman has ended her own life under the state’s voluntary assisted dying laws.

In a funeral notice published in the Adelaide Advertiser, the family of Lily Thai said she had died at the Flinders Medical Centre earlier this week.

“Much loved daughter of Kate and Le. Beloved granddaughter, niece and cousin. Treasured friend to many,” the family said in the notice.

Lily Thai, with friend Danika Pederozolli, used voluntary assisted dying laws to end her own life. Picture: Supplied.

A funeral will be held Centennial Park Cemetary on Thursday, according to the family.

Lily’s story has touched thousands of people across the country before she took her last breaths on Wednesday

She had long asked that she be able to take her own life with dignity having suffered a painful battle with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

Lily Thai in June 2017. Picture: Supplied.

Last week she said she intended to use her last remaining days to surround herself with friends and family.

“I realised that I can’t have any more anaesthesia, so I (couldn’t) have any more feeding tube changes (or) surgeries,” she told the Adelaide Advertiser.

“I decided that pain was so severe it wasn’t worth it, and I just wanted to take it into my own hands.”

Lily Thai ended her own life this week. Picture: Supplied.

After a long health battle, she spent her final days at the Flinders Medical Centre, where she said he mainly slept while in “excruciating pain”

She recently signed paperwork and used South Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws, which came into law in January, to take her own life after being administered life-ending medication through IV.

Originally published as Brave SA woman’s heartbreaking battle with illness comes to end