‘Our beautiful girl couldn’t beat the enemy’: Lisa Curry delivers a moving tribute to her daughter Jaimi after her tragic death at age 33 – and recalls the moment doctors told her she ‘would not survive the night’
Lisa Curry has shared a heartbreaking tribute to her late daughter Jaimi, who died in September at the age of 33.
On Wednesday, the Olympian, 58, marked the four-month anniversary of Jaimi’s death by sharing a photo of her favourite flowers to Instagram.
‘Four months ago, the doctor gave us the news we had dreaded for years, that Jaimi would not survive the night,’ she began.
‘We miss her so much’: Lisa Curry (right) shared a heartbreaking tribute to her daughter Jaimi (left) on Wednesday, four months after her tragic death at the age of 33
Lisa continued: ‘It was like they just ripped our hearts out.
‘And even though we had prepared ourselves for the worst for weeks, months and even years and thought we were prepared.
‘Nothing… absolutely nothing prepares you for that moment or those words.’
‘Our beautiful girl couldn’t beat the enemy… but she fought and fought.. every single day. We miss her so much,’ she concluded.
Moving tribute: The Olympian, 58, marked the four-month anniversary of Jaimi’s death by sharing a photo of her favourite flowers to Instagram
Heartbreaking: She wrote in the caption, ‘Four months ago, the doctor gave us the news we had dreaded for years, that Jaimi would not survive the night’
Last month, the former competitive swimmer opened up about her intense grief in an emotional post shared to Instagram.
‘Somehow, this change I find myself in now is testing my very being. Some days I don’t even feel like me anymore, or being me anymore,’ she wrote.
Lisa, who is also the mother to son Jett and daughter Morgan, said she has refused to seek professional guidance and prefers to grieve in her own way.
Grief: Lisa continued, ‘Total disbelief, and even though we had prepared ourselves for the worst for weeks, months and even years and thought we were prepared’. Pictured with Jaimi
‘People are telling me to seek out help.. with psychologists, doctors, people who have been through what I am facing at the moment … but I know in my heart, that I actually have the answers myself,’ she explained.
Lisa said while she acknowledges ‘birth, death and change’, she’s finding the ‘changes’ in her life since Jaimi Lee’s death the hardest to navigate and overcome.
Lisa announced Jaimi’s death in an emotional social media post on September 15.
‘I don’t even feel like me anymore’: Last month, the former competitive swimmer opened up about her intense grief in an emotional post shared to Instagram
‘Our beautiful daughter Jaimi has lost her battle with a long-term illness and passed away peacefully in hospital yesterday morning with her loving family by her side,’ she wrote at the time.
‘Our hearts are broken and the pain is unbearable but we cherish every wonderful moment we got to share with our treasured and so loved first child.’
It was later reported that Jaimi had battled alcoholism and an eating disorder before her death at a Sunshine Coast hospital.
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Tragic: Lisa announced Jaimi’s death in an emotional post on Instagram on September 15