A dad-to-be collapsed and died whereas collaborating in a soccer match simply weeks after he came upon that he and his accomplice have been anticipating a child. Jamie Harper fell ailing whereas enjoying at a five-a-side soccer centre in Leeds on Sunday, simply 4 days after he and his girlfriend Leah Hayes moved into collectively.
The 34-year-old was airlifted to Leeds Basic Infirmary, the place he sadly pronounced lifeless simply earlier than 1.41pm, Hull Reside reviews. The tragedy occurred lower than two weeks after he and his accomplice introduced their being pregnant on social media.
Medical doctors imagine that Jamie, who labored as a chef at a Wetherspoon pub, suffered a coronary heart assault which collaborating within the soccer match together with his colleagues. Heartbroken Leah, 24, mentioned on Tuesday that Jamie was so excited to develop into a guardian for the primary time and he or she knew he would make an ideal dad.
Leah, who's already mum to four-year-old daughter Evelyn, has mentioned that whether or not the child is a boy or a woman, she plans to call them after their father - revealing it is "the one alternative now".
.Leah, who's 14 weeks pregnant, mentioned: "He'd simply moved in that Thursday, he'd moved all his stuff into my home. He was going to undertake my daughter, she'd began calling him dad. She's by no means had a dad so having Jamie in our lives for the final 12 months had been nice. He was so excited to be a dad, it is all he'd ever needed was to have youngsters and have a household.
"I might spoken to him about 11am that day. I am diabetic and my blood sugar ranges have been low. His final phrases to me have been 'ensure you have one thing to eat for the child, it should be a robust rugby participant in the future. I informed him to have a very good day and message me when he might."
Leah came upon the tragic information after her mum rang her after seeing tributes pouring in for Jamie on social media. Her mum rushed to fulfill her to interrupt the dreadful information in particular person and Leah went to see Jamie's dad and mom later that night. They informed her he'd suffered a coronary heart assault, however an post-mortem must be finished to find what induced it.
Leah added: "His dad and uncle have each had coronary heart assaults, fortunately they've survived. However aside from sore toes from engaged on all of them day, Jamie by no means complained of any well being concern. He by no means mentioned something about his coronary heart. He was fairly match and wholesome. He did the charity soccer recreation yearly since he'd labored there."
Jamie, from Castleford, West Yorks, had moved in with Leah and her daughter final Thursday. The couple had been collectively since February, when rugby-mad Jamie took her to a Castleford Tigers match for his or her first date after they'd met by means of a mutual buddy.
They went on a summer time break to Ingoldmells on the Lincolnshire coast, which was Evelyn's first vacation. However Leah has been left heartbroken after their brilliant future collectively was lower cruelly brief.
She added: "I am so depressed. This was the happiest I might ever been and it is all been taken away so shortly. He was the primary loving man I might ever met. He would at all times exit of his means to assist folks, it doesn't matter what.
"He was at each hospital appointment with me, he'd take my daughter to highschool and choose her up. He handled her like his personal. He would have been an incredible dad."
A fundraising web page has been set as much as give Jamie, who adopted rugby league crew Castleford dwelling and away, a becoming ship off. Any cash left over can be utilized by Leah, who would not work because of poor well being, to assist cowl the prices of kit for her unborn child.
She mentioned: "My mum is attempting to get in contact with Castleford Tigers to see in the event that they'd come down. Nothing obtained in the way in which of his rugby, he was there each week, he adopted them dwelling and away. The one time I might see him upset is that if they misplaced a recreation. He'd already purchased plenty of Cas-themed stuff for the child."
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police there have been no suspicious circumstances and the Coroner’s Workplace has been knowledgeable.
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