A family has been left heartbroken after a ‘beautiful’ young woman collapsed and died suddenly in her father’s arms despite his best efforts to try and save her life.
Libbey Peverall, who was just 20-years-old, was not known to have any underlying health conditions when she suddenly passed away in traumatic scenes at her family home in West Drayton, Greater London last Monday.
Libbey, who had aspirations of becoming a beautician, was described as loved by all who knew her – and her shocking death on February 20 has devastated her parents and brother.
As of this afternoon, nearly £3,000 had been donated to a GoFundMe campaign to help with the costs of her funeral.
“She was a beautiful girl, she was absolutely stunning,” her brother Charlie said. My parents would get her anything she desired. She would never speak ill of anyone and was constantly concerned for my parents.
Due to severe bullying at her school, Libbey began receiving her education at home when she was 14 years old. Despite her attempts to distance herself from the bullies, she continued to live in fear of them, which made her vulnerable to mental health problems.
Libbey had recently passed her driving test, had devoted her time to her dog Lottie, and had “everything going for her” despite this. She was a devoted Manchester City fan, but she frequently went with Charlie to watch Chelsea FC in West London.
She had no prior medical issues other than her mental health, but she collapsed last week, and her family is still awaiting word on how she passed away. She always drank coffee in the morning, but on Monday my dad asked her if she’d like a cup of coffee, and she replied that she’d prefer a cup of tea.
‘So he made her a cup of tea and then all of a sudden she said ‘I’ve got a pain in my chest’. She suffers from panic attacks so my dad gave her a brown bag to blow in and basically, she just stood up and then collapsed in my dad’s arms.
‘My dad really did try his hardest to help her and he did CPR on her, everything. He tried so hard. Within about five or 10 minutes, ambulances turned up and they tried on her for about an hour and a half with my mum and dad going “Please don’t give up on her, please please don’t give up”.’
