I STILL EXPECT TO SEE HER THERE
Sister’s heartbreak after sudden death of caring Carly
SHE was the caring nursing assistant who ‘idolised’ her beloved six-year-old son Mason.
But the devastated family of Carly Hemmings have now opened up on their heartbreak following her shock death at the age of just 26.
Doting mum-of-one Carly was found dead at her home in Ryton, Gateshead, on the morning of December 11.
Carly’s sudden passing just a fortnight before Christmas left her close-knit family reeling.
Now, Carly’s grandmother Hazel and younger sister Rianne have emotionally opened up about their loss and its impact on her son.
Hazel, 68, said: “I can not put our loss into words, we can’t explain how we feel.
“Everybody is just completely devastated. Never in a million years did we expect anything like this to happen.”
Rianne, 18, added: “The first night Mason was very upset, but now he is expressing it more in frustration.
“I’ve walked past her house since and I look to her window and still expect to see her there.
“You can’t describe it, it’s just impossible that for the rest of our lives she’s not going to be there. It’s not something I can imagine.”
Born and raised in Ryton, Carly was the oldest of three children and studied at Crookhill Primary School and Ryton Comprehensive School, now Thorp Academy.
Her passion for helping others led her to study for a health and social care diploma and an access course for health at Gateshead College.
Shifts volunteering as a porter across hospitals in Newcastle followed, before Carly began work as a nursing assistant at Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
One of her proudest days in the job was when she was able to grab a picture with her one of her heroes Alan Shearer.
Rianne said: “It didn’t matter if they were in her life or not, she just always wanted to help others.”
Carly – whose favourite bands were Green Day, Good Charlotte and Linkin Park – loved socialising on nights out with friends.
But that all changed when she welcomed Mason into the world in November 2011.
Hazel said: “She absolutely idolised Mason. All she thought about was spending time with him.
“Lying in bed with Mason and her cat Kevin, watching a film and eating a takeaway was her perfect night.”
Rianne added: “She just always wanted the family around for Mason. Mason was everything to her, he could do anything and get away with it.
“This Christmas she was going to buy him a bike.”
The family’s usual festive routine would involve watching Mason unwrap all of his presents, before all coming together for Christmas dinner. While their grief made any celebration this year impossible, Hazel and Rianne were adamant Mason was given a proper Christmas to enjoy.
Hazel added: “Christmas was cancelled for us. All we want to do is keep Mason occupied and amused – we have to concentrate on him now.”
Carly leaves behind her son Mason, sister Rianne, brother Reece, 18, mum Lisa, 44, nana Hazel and grandad Frank, 68.
Family and friends gathered to say their final goodbyes in a service at Holy Cross Church in Ryton yesterday.
Carly’s loved ones have been inundated with condolence messages and flowers.