DIY SOS mum switched off daughter and husband’s life support in separate tragedies
22.06.2022 - 07:37
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Caroline Blanchard was forced to make an unimaginably heart-wrenching decision by turning off her daughter's life support - only to be forced the same situation less than 10 years later with her husband Paul.
The devastated single mother experienced the worst pain any parent could possibly imagine in the most tragic circumstances.
Before the DIY SOS team embarked on an emotional rebuild, the family were subjected to daily visual reminders of the tragic events that took away two key members of their family. Their harrowing ordeal began with a tragic accident in their garage in 2007, when seven-year-old Natasha sadly lost her life.
Caroline, who lives with her two children Reece and Paige, was unable to enter two rooms in her house because of the painful memories they triggered.
Natasha was just seven-years-old when she banged her head in a tragic accident in the garage.
Natasha was playing on a mini motorbike and accidentally banged her head on a cupboard while dad Paul went inside to fetch a helmet.
The little girl seemed to be fine at first, telling dad Paul: “It’s OK, Daddy.”
Heartbreakingly, her condition quickly deteriorated and she was rushed to hospital.
“I just remember the surgeon coming in and telling me she was bleeding that badly she couldn’t stop it,” explains tearful Caroline on tonight’s DIY SOS.
Doctors delivered the devastating news to Caroline and Paul - explaining that Natasha needed to be taken off a life-support machine.
Sadly, she passed away in hospital two days after the accident and heatbreakingly dad Paul was burdened with guilt.
The motorbike fan decided to crush every single bike that he owned and would sit in the garage for hours trying to come to terms with what happened.
In September 2012,