A mother in Utah who was battling terminal cancer has died.
Erika Diarte-Carr, 30, revealed last month that she was raising money on GoFundMe for her own funeral expenses as well as for her children’s future. Her cousin announced that Carr passed away on Saturday (October 12).
“It is with a heavy heart that this is the final update I will be giving for my cousin Erika. She has joined her mother Sylvia, her Brother JJ, her uncles Chava & Loui on the other side,” her post on Facebook began.
“She fought a long and hard battle. She was strong and held on as long as she could for her babies. I know she was so thankful for all of your support and love and prayers.”
Carr was a single mother to two children, Jeremiah, seven, and Aaliyah, five. She called them her “whole life, light and soul … and what keeps [her] going.”
Her original GoFundMe description explained she’d been struggling with Stage 4 small-cell lung carcinoma for the past two years, and doctors gave her a terminal diagnosis. After a September 18 oncologist appointment, she no longer planned on pursuing treatments as she was told that they would “no longer help.” The doctors told her she had at most three months left.