Family pay tribute to ‘perfect’ daughter after death aged 25
NHS clinical support worker suffered fatal asthma attack
A“PERFECT” daughter has died following an asthma attack, aged just 25. NHS clinical support worker Chloe Arnold died on the intensive care unit at Walsall Manor Hospital, where she had worked, on Thursday, March 9.
Recently, a minute’s silence was held at the hospital in her memory, while pink and white balloons were released by her family and friends at George Rose Park in Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston.
Chloe’s mum Sarah Porter said: “She was just perfect, fantastic and loved by so many people. If love could have kept Chloe alive, she would have lived for eternity. She was my best friend. I’d give anything to have her back.
“She was always the life and soul of the party and the centre of attention. She loved a good party and was always on the dancefloor.”
Kate Follows, sister on the hospital’s Ward 2, said: “I knew Chloe extremely well. She was such a hard worker – if Chloe was working in a bay, you knew the patients would be safe and well looked after. She was one of the youngest members of staff but always loud and bubbly.
“On her first day she arrived looking immaculate, with perfect hair and make-up. If we went on a night out she was always glamorous, with her eyebrows and eyelashes looking amazing.”
Miss Arnold had been admitted the Friday before she died after a respiratory arrest following an asthma attack, then contracted fluid on the brain. She had had asthma from 18 months old.
She started work at Walsall Healthcare as a cadet on Ward 2, spending five years there. More recently, she joined the temporary staffing bank, working on a variety of wards, including Ward 14, where she worked a lot of nights. She lived in Darlaston with her mum and step dad Mark Bradley, who performed CPR on her when she had the asthma attack.
Chloe also leaves sisters Mercedes, 22, and Ellie Mae, 10, brother Henley, 11, dad Wayne Arnold, of Willenhall, and boyfriend of nine months Jay Beech, 26.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to support her family, which has already raised more than £4,000.
She was just perfect, fantastic and loved by so many people. If love could have kept Chloe alive, she would have lived for eternity. Chloe’s mum