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Helena Vesty & Liam Buckler

Mum and trainee nurse hospitalised with pancreatitis dies after 'five heart attacks'

A young mum who was hospitalised after contracting pancreatitis died two weeks later following "five heart attacks".

Jodie McCann, mum to four-year-old Freddie, had just started training as a nurse when she was admitted to hospital in March with acute pancreatitis.

After being admitted, the 22-year-old kept her worried mother, Solane, updated with her recovery.

But it was then when the mother and daughter shared a tragic phone call together, Manchester Evening News reported.

Sloane Warbrick, 40, heard Jodie say: "Mum, I think I'm having a heart attack. I'm going to die", before she told her to call for help.

Just over two weeks later, Jodie had suffered a total of five heart attacks - four of which came in the distressing moments before she died.

Sloane told the Manchester Evening News : "Jodie had been in hospital for two days before everything started going downhill.

"She called me and said 'Mum, I think I'm having a heart attack. I'm going to die.

"I told her to press the button and call for the nurse.

"The next day, I got a phone call from the hospital staff to say that she'd been found facedown in her bed, unresponsive after a cardiac event.

"Jodie had to be resuscitated for 20 minutes before being transferred to intensive care."

Jodie needed help to breathe and was put on a ventilator and needed dialysis machines as her liver and kidneys had failed.

After being transferred to a different hospital, she woke up to find out she needed a tracheotomy procedure but her mum says the breathing tube "slipped out" and Jodie began to 'suffocate', resulting in another "four heart attacks".

Jodie McCann died suddenly, aged just 22 (Handout)

Solane said: "You don't expect your daughter to pass away after going into hospital for pancreatitis.

"She was healthy and used to walk everywhere.

"She was too young. Her little boy is only four-years-old. She had so many things to look forward to."

Her best friend Skye Smith, whom she met at school in Year 9 and remained close with, has began a fundraiser to help the family pay for funeral costs and Freddie's future.

The fundraiser has raised just over £800, with her best friend hoping to achieve the £3,000 goal.

Skye said: "You knew that Jodie was there, she was loud and bubbly.

"She always put everybody else before herself. If you had a problem, she wouldn't care if she was struggling, she'd put you first."

If you would like to donate to the fundraiser, head to the GoFundMe page.

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