A heartbroken mum has shared her devastating experience of finding her husband lifeless in bed after she fell asleep in their child’s room.
Sophie Hugill from Bromley, London, had spent an emotional day at her nan’s funeral on February 9 and drifted off in her son’s room around 11pm.
The next morning at around 9.30am, she found her partner, Mark, unconscious.
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Despite her desperate attempts to “bring him back”, she struggled as he was “wedged against the wall”.
An ambulance arrived about 45 minutes later but despite their best efforts, the medics pronounced the 37 year old dead. The cause of his death is still unknown.
Recalling the tragic moment, Sophie said: “I really tried to bring him back, but I think he was gone when I first found him. My life changed from walking from my son’s room to mine, all within five steps.”
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The mum shared that she doesn’t “understand” what happened. She said that Mark had type 2 diabetes, but it was managed with medicine.
The dad, who did “everything he possibly could” to keep their family happy, leaves behind his son Harvey, who has autism, ADHD and speech and language delay. Sophie said she would have to leave her privately rented house because it’s too “extortionate” to afford on her own.
Sophie says she is now “frightened” for her future as she was previously removed from the social housing list because she and Mark earned “too much” money, according to News Shopper.
“I know why Mark worked so hard, I am so scared about mine and Harvey’s future, we had it all planned out,” she said. “I can’t stay private renting, we barely did it together, let alone on my own.”
A fundraiser has been set up to give the family some “security” during this tough time.
The page read: “Sophie’s husband, Mark, died suddenly in the night. He was only 37 years old and they have an autistic son together. Mark was an amazing dad, despite his son having challenges, he spent every waking minute that he wasn’t working doting on his family. Making them happy was his life’s mission!”
“Sophie works in the special needs school that her son attends. She is a kind and selfless person, who is obviously broken by what’s happened.
“We are hoping to raise funds to help contribute towards the funeral costs and help Sophie move forward in a now different journey of raising her son.
“Although there’s nothing we can do about this awful tragedy, we are hoping to ease her financial burden and to help Sophie bring up her boy without her beloved Mark by her side.”
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