A distraught mum promised to look after her son's children before his sad death aged just 26. Connor Pleasance, a dad of two from Barnsley died after complications from a ruptured gall bladder.
As reported by Yorkshire Live, Connor fell ill in June and spent the last three weeks on life support at a hospital in Leicester. Doctors think bacteria from Connor's ruptured gall bladder attacked his lungs, and led to him becoming critically ill.
The call centre worker, whose little boy Beau was born just weeks earlier, had to be put in an induced coma and sadly died on August 14. The following day, his heartbroken mum, Jo Pleasance, said in a social media post: "My beautiful, amazing boy lost his fight last night, I'm truly heartbroken.
"I'm gunna miss you so much, son. You are everything to me and always will be. Love you forever my angel."
Connor was Jo's only child. He had two children with partner Jade; five-year-old Grace and his boy Beau who is four months old. He only met Beau for three weeks because of him being in hospital so much.
An appeal set up to support the family after Connor was placed on life support has raised nearly £6,000 Jo of Brampton, South Yorkshire, said: "It's been an awful time, it just happened so suddenly. He was fun-loving and clever, worked as a team leader at a call centre and loved his kids.
"His last words to me were: 'Look after my kids, mum, I love you' and I told him I loved him and promised that I would do."
"He liked music and we played him Gerry Cinnamon and the rock band DMA's. "I must say thank you to the staff at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester - they were absolutely brilliant looking after him and I have been overwhelmed by the response to his plight.
"Everyone has been so kind, and the folks at the Bulls Head pub in Brampton Bierlow, our local, have been great. He was a very popular lad and a gamer so he has had messages of support from all over the world.
"The hospital staff were very good and he had 27 people visit him in one day. I expect there will be a lot of people at his funeral service."
Regulars at the Bulls Head raised £630 towards his funeral expenses. A post from the pub said simply: "We love you so bloody much!" A funeral procession with a horse-drawn carriage has been planned before service at Ardsley Crematorium on the afternoon of September 8.
