Ashley Cain’s ex Safiyya Vorajee recalls heartbreaking final moments with daughter Azaylia: ‘We knew this was the day’

Ashley and Safiyya can be marking the primary anniversary of Azaylia’s dying subsequent week (Image: PA)

Azaylia died at simply eight months previous on April 24, 2021 after battling a uncommon and aggressive type of most cancers – acute myeloid leukaemia – for many of her life. 

Her mother and father had tirelessly fought to save lots of her life, together with launching a GoFundMe the place they raised greater than £1million in simply 24 hours for particular therapy in Singapore. 

Nonetheless, Azaylia’s sickness was already far too superior for the therapy and was thus unable to fly out to the centre. 

Since then, Safiyya and Ashley have used among the cash to arrange The Azaylia Basis, which goals to boost consciousness for childhood most cancers and to assist different younger youngsters battling the illness. 

As she prepares to mark the primary anniversary of Azaylia’s dying, an extract from Safiyya’s guide Loving And Dropping You reveals the second she realised it was too late to save lots of her child woman. 

The previous couple fought tirelessly to save lots of Azaylia’s life, together with elevating over £1million for therapy (Image: Instagram, @miss_safiyya_)

‘It was April 24, 2021, and I took one take a look at Azaylia and knew that this was the day,’ Safiyya writes in response to The Solar. 

‘She was pale and had a weak look about her. Her respiratory had develop into very sluggish and shallow. When her breaths lastly stopped coming, Ashley and I lay both facet of her on the mattress, wrapping our arms round her gently. “We love you”,we instructed her. “We love you, Azaylia”.’ 

Safiyya can be opening up about her heartbreaking ordeal in a brand new guide (Image: @miss_safiyya_, Instagram)

Safiyya, 34, additionally particulars the coping mechanism she and then-partner Ashley, 31, developed amid their grief. 

‘We had been in a unique type of survival mode now,’ she writes. ‘After I lastly pulled myself off the bed, I may barely get showered and dressed. We didn’t know what to do or how you can cope, and we stayed in the home collectively, current as finest we may.’ 

‘Our purpose was not solely to assist particular person youngsters attain their life-saving objectives, however to put money into most cancers analysis and revolutionary therapies to revolutionise care and therapy choices for kids combating most cancers within the UK,’ she added. 

Ashley and Safiyya introduced that that they had cut up in a joint assertion earlier this month, however stay shut and vow to proceed supporting one another.