Mum goes to bed with period pains and never wakes up as family seeks answers
A heartbroken sister has paid tribute to her younger sibling after she received a shock phone call to say her sister had gone to bed with period pains and never woke up.
Amanda Barber has been left searching for answers after her sibling Anne-Marie, 39, mysteriously passed away in her home in Warrington, Cheshire. The mum-of-one complained of abdominal pains on the evening of August 18 and decided to take some painkillers before bed. But when her partner went to check on her he couldn't wake her up.
Amanda, 41, had been working at McDonald's when she noticed that she had received three missed calls and two messages from Anne-Marie's partner. But when she called him back, he immediately picked up and said "she's gone." Assuming that her sister had just left the house, she responded: "Where’s she gone?”, in which he replied, “no. She's gone, gone.”
“He realised she wasn’t breathing and did all he could to administer CPR,” Amanda recalled. "He rang an ambulance and they came and took her to hospital. They worked on her for a bit but it was too late.”
Amanda said her and Anne-Marie were 'best friends' (Amanda Barber)Anne-Marie had suffered from the deliberating condition endometriosis, which sees the tissue similar to the lining of the womb, grow in places like the ovaries and fallopian tubes, reports Manchester Evening News. Her family still don’t know how she died and are awaiting the results of her post-mortem. Amanda added: “It was me and her all the time. She was my best friend; she was my soul sister. I’m still struggling. We went and had an appointment with a funeral director and I couldn’t even bare to look at the coffins. I’m her big sister. At 39, no one in her family should be looking at coffins. How can I sit there and pick a coffin for her?"
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Anne-Marie passed away at the age of 39 (Amanda Barber)Life became difficult for Anne-Marie when her endometritis worsened following the birth of her daughter. The pain often left her struggling to leave the house which had an impact on her mental health. Amanda said: "When she was able to get out, she was still the life and soul of the party. She just made everybody laugh, that’s all she ever did. She was a very good singer, she went to singing college and she was a massive Shania Twain fan. She was very social and when she wasn’t in pain and fighting demons, she loved doing karaoke and having a good singalong.
“She ran quite a few pubs before she became a bit poorly. Most of her work was pub work; she had a social life through pubs. She would give you some good banter across the bar. She absolutely idolised the life out of her nieces and nephews. You couldn’t have asked for a better auntie. She was amazing, she’s left six of them behind. They miss her.” A fundraiser has been set up to help Anne-Marie's family during this distressing time. To donate visit here.
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