Four months after she finally got to bury her 13-year-old daughter, Monica Morgan is grieving the loss of another.
The distraught mother, whose grief was visible when she visited THE STAR, said her 16-year-old daughter, Shanalee Davis, died on June 21 of complications resulting from a heart condition.
She said both children suffered a similar condition.
Still in a daze, Morgan said: "Dis one neva sick from she born. She have a one-year-old baby and dats di only time she go hospital. All now mi cyan come to, 'cause when mi leave her at di hospital, she coulda talk and use di bathroom and so on, and when mi go back inna di evening, dem seh she dead."
The single mother, who is still trying to come to grips with the death of her 13-year-old, said she feels as though she has been hit by bricks.
She said: "I don't know wha fi say, I don't even get ova di first one yet. She bury and mi jus a come to, mi nuh dun grieve yet, and dis come pan mi. Mi a wonder if a someting God waan mi know, wha mi nah do or what."
Morgan said two months after her first daughter was buried, the 16-year-old fell ill and began coughing. She said she took her child to the Spanish Town Hospital. When they did X-rays and other checks, they discovered a problem with two valves in her heart. They informed her that the child was also rheumatic.
She said: "Dem sen har a UC, and dem admit her, and den she come out. She died on June 21 and, about three days before dat, mi notice say her foot and belly swell. Mi did all a wonder if a pregnant she pregnant. When mi bring her back, dem say is because di *lo** nah circulate why her foot dem swell up."
This was Saturday, by Monday, another of her children was dead.
She said she has not made any funeral arrangements, as she is still trying to accept the death.
She recently began to throw a partner, but that is only $30,000. She will need at least an additional $90,000 to cover the costs, as quoted by Morgan's Funeral Parlour in Spanish Town.
Anyone willing to assist her may call 590-8094 or THE STAR at 932-6271.