Former footballer Ashley Cain has tragically announced his eight-month-old daughter Azaylia has passed away. Azaylia wa...

Former footballer Ashley Cain has tragically announced his eight-month-old daughter Azaylia has passed away. Azaylia was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia at just eight weeks old. The 30-year-old only announced, via Instagram, last month that Azaylia had become too ill for any further treatment. In touching posts, announcing her death, Ashley and Safiyya shared pictures of them all cuddling together. A moment no parent is prepared or expecting to see. Ashley wrote: "Rest in Paradise Princess. I will always hold you in my heart until I can hold you again in heaven." Last year, November, the parents had pleaded with people to register as stem cell donors following the news their daughter needed a transplant. Responding accordingly, 41,000 people registering within 48 hours. Azaylia's parents had even raised more than £1.5m to fund specialist treatment in Singapore. As parents they'd done everything they possibly could. Heartbreakingly, doctors eventually told them it was no longer possible to cure Azaylia, whose leukaemia had got worse, even with a successful bone marrow transplant. Azaylia's mum, Safiyya Vorajee, said her baby was "my angel, my heartbeat, my soul." She added: "RIP my precious baby, you will always be with me like a handprint on my heart." Blacknews.UK would like to send our deepest condolences in a notably very difficult moment.

Former footballer Ashley Cain has tragically announced his eight-month-old daughter Azaylia has passed away. Azaylia was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia at just eight weeks old. The 30-year-old only announced, via Instagram, last month that Azaylia had become too ill for any further treatment. In touching posts, announcing her death, Ashley and Safiyya shared pictures of them all cuddling together. A moment no parent is prepared or expecting to see. Ashley wrote: "Rest in Paradise Princess. I will always hold you in my heart until I can hold you again in heaven." Last year, November, the parents had pleaded with people to register as stem cell donors following the news their daughter needed a transplant. Responding accordingly, 41,000 people registering within 48 hours. Azaylia's parents had even raised more than £1.5m to fund specialist treatment in Singapore. As parents they'd done everything they possibly could. Heartbreakingly, doctors eventually told them it was no longer possible to cure Azaylia, whose leukaemia had got worse, even with a successful bone marrow transplant. Azaylia's mum, Safiyya Vorajee, said her baby was "my angel, my heartbeat, my soul." She added: "RIP my precious baby, you will always be with me like a handprint on my heart." Blacknews.UK would like to send our deepest condolences in a notably very difficult moment.