A mother has announced her own death in a heartbreaking social media post written during her final days to assure her friends she knew how ‘deeply’ she was loved.
Cause of death
Mother-of-one, Casey McIntyre, 38, from New York, passed away from stage four ovarian cancer on 12 November.
Casey’s death was announced on Instagram via a post that she had penned before she passed away, which was then shared by her husband Andrew, alongside a carousel of images of his wife throughout her life – as a child, at their wedding, and with their daughter.
Prior to her passing, she leaves a note
‘A note to my friends: if you’re reading this it means I have passed away. I’m so sorry, it’s horses*** and we both know it,’ the statement began.
‘The cause was a recurrence of my previously diagnosed stage four ovarian cancer.
‘I loved each and every one of you with my whole heart and I promise you, I knew how deeply I was loved.’
Prior to her passing, Casey, who worked in publishing, spent five months in home hospice in Virginia, Rhode Island, and New York, surrounded by her family and friends – a time she described as ‘magical’.
Tribute from husband
Tragically, Casey did not have the opportunity to complete her post before she died, with her husband Andrew adding an ‘editor’s note’ in which he paid tribute to his wife and shared his ‘heartbreak’ that she did not get the opportunity to finish her final goodbye.
‘Casey meant to finish this post with a list of things that were a comfort & a joy to her during her life, and I am heartbroken that I will never see that list,’ he wrote.
‘As she grew sicker, she couldn’t finish it.’
