Lisa Curry reveals pain after loss of her daughter Jaimi on the first anniversary of her death
Olympian Lisa Curry has opened up about the loss of her daughter Jaimi on the first anniversary of her death.
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Olympian Lisa Curry has opened up about the loss of her daughter Jaimi on the first anniversary of her death.
In an emotional Instagram post she wrote: “I would never have thought my life would be like it is now.
“Today, 1 year ago, we lost our treasured first born, our blue eyed, chatty Jaimi.
“That gut wrenching, heart breaking moment where we had to say goodbye.”
She said she and ex-husband Grant Kenny “feel broken”.
“I’ve lost myself. But each day I try to continue on, one step at a time to get things done, to continue being a mother, a grannie, a wife, a friend, a business owner … at times distracting myself so much that I can’t think of anything … but then the quiet times come and everything comes flooding back, every feeling, every memory and I feel like I’m drowning in the pain … and I just can’t … do anything.”
She said there are times she does feel OK, but she is still grieving Jaimi’s loss every day.
“But each day there are times when it’s OK … for a little while and I guess those little times will eventually get a little longer,” she wrote.
Curry then recalled the moment Jaimi died, and her family was with her.
“Today, at 7.10am, as she took her last breath a year ago, we honoured Jaimi by being at her favourite beach to lay flowers into the ocean. I hope that wherever she is – above, or at arm’s length in spirit energy she can still see and feel the love.
“Remembering you always our beautiful girl.
“Still feels like yesterday.
“Love from all of us. #rememberingjaimi #ourbeautifulangel #foreveryoung”
Her Instagram post comes after her son Jett Kenny revealed what Jaimi’s final hours were like.
“I could tell something was wrong,” Jett told The Courier-Mail’s Q Weekend, when he spoke for the first time about her death.
“We ended up all at the hospital and that was the last time I saw her,” Jett said. “She fought all the way until the end.
“They took her off life support and eight hours I think she was off life support for until she finally passed away; the doctors thought it was going to be about a minute or two, so she was a fighter, that’s for sure.
“She originally got told she may not make it to 30, and she got to 33 so she battled on with it for a long time and it was much longer than that beforehand.”
Originally published as Lisa Curry reveals pain after loss of her daughter Jaimi on the first anniversary of her death
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