Shaun Winstanley

In Memory of Julie Winstanley

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£2,772
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In memory of Julie Winstanley
Thrombosis UK

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Story

My gorgeous wife died on the 22nd September 2019 aged 53, way too young and so unfair. We had both just semi-retired and was on our way to Australia for 6 months, more so to be there for the arrival of our grand-daughter due on the 6th October 2019. Unfortunately Julie took ill on the plane, we just thought it was something she had ate/drank as this has happened numerous times before. Nobody on the plane suspected anything different including me as this has happened before and just a passenger feeling sick. As we landed she said all as she wanted to do was go home and get in bed, which is what she has done before. We got Julie a wheelchair and fast tracked through the airport and I said as soon as Mark gets here to pick us up we are going to the hospital. As Mark arrived she started to get pains in her chest/heart, medics tried to assist until the ambulance arrived. Unfortunately she died at the hospital at 20:03. My Daughter didn’t come with Mark as she was in another hospital getting checked out. They told her everything is OK and baby is not due for another couple of weeks. At the hospital where Julie died I put her hand onto my daughters stomach so she could at least feel the baby. As soon as her hand touched her stomach Danielle started to have contractions, 6 hours later Sienna Rose was born at 02:03 , exact same minute as Julie died (I was also at the birth) more so change the 0 and 2 round and it’s the same time, more so Sienna has a birth mark where Julie touched her. More so the numbers tell a few stories, draw a line down from the first 2 and then again the second 2 join up and 22nd  is the date Julie died, same again but use the second 3, 23rd was when Sienna was born, first 3 and second 2, we was married for 32 years, first numbers add up to 5, draw a line down then a line from the second numbers, 52 is my age, same with the 3, 53 was Julies age, second set of numbers are also 5 , 55 was always our planned retirement age but we brought it forward. There has been other messages for example driving back to the airport to fly Julie home, the Horses song came on the radio, this was played at the service, I checked in at airport and the seat number was 3, connecting flight was seat 30, connecting flight as walking to the gate loads of flashing TV screens saying horses, and my gate number was S3, this is getting me through this as she will be looking down on us all and protecting us. Julie always said life is too short and things happen for a reason, was this meant to be ?, I even brought the flight forward by one week, was it her message saying you all now know what has been wrong with me, she waited until Mark arrived so I wasn’t on my own ( even been to doctors several times), to make awareness and protect the family, especially our daughter who will probably have some of the same issues that Julie had and possibly Sienna. This has been so unfair for many reasons all the plans we had made. Julie was on tablets for blood pressure, cholesterol, acid reflux and HRT. Having researched everything I believe it was the HRT tablets that have caused the clotting. I also think this has been happening before but this time it was fatal. I cannot bring Julie back, god wish I could but after doing all the research I cannot believe all possible symptoms that can be causing clotting, more so 1 person dies every 6 seconds. There needs to be much more awareness on this. As Julie used to always say Life is too short and things happen for a reason, it doesn't make me feel any better,there has been too many coincidences with numbers and events, if it happened when Julie visited Australia in February I wouldn't of been with her, she wouldn't have felt the baby, I probably wouldn't of packed in work, if events where different then what would of been the knock on effect, what path would of been taken. Julie I will do my best to look after the kids and grandkids, I will never be as good as you but I will try, you will always be part of my life, we had a good 37 years together with loads of memories, especially the kids and Grandkids, Love you to bits babe RIP xxx

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Thrombosis UK

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