Husband sleeps next to wife's body for nearly a week after she died

 Husband sleeps next to wife's body  for nearly a week after she died



A grieving husband has admitted to sleeping next to his dead wife for nearly a week because he didn’t want her to be taken away in a body bag.

British man Russell Davison said he was devastated after his "truly remarkable" wife Wendy died in their family home on April 21 after a ten-year battle with cervical cancer

The 50-year-old said he and his four children "lovingly" washed her body, before dressing her and placing her in their bed.

"She looked absolutely beautiful, just like she always did in life, no effort, no makeup just radiant beauty," Mr Davison wrote in a Facebook post.

"For a long time I have been determined to have Wendy at home when she died. I did not want her in the mortuary or handed over to a funeral director," he said.

"I wanted us to take care of her ourselves at our family home, have her in our bedroom so I could sleep in the same room

Wendy, who died aged 50, was diagnosed with cervical cancer just after the couple celebrated their 40th birthday. She was told three years ago she only had six months to live.

The couple bought a caravan and travelled Europe until last September when Wendy’s pain became too overwhelming.

She was placed in a nursing home for treatment, and brought home for her final days.

"Death seems to be such a taboo subject in our society, no one seems to want to talk about it," Mr Davison said.

"Wendy's body here and being able to sit with her all day, have her friends and family come to sit with her, chat with her, chat about her and light candles and incense on her alter is proving to be such a beautiful and comforting experience for me.

‘We were not prepared to hand her life over to doctors – we wanted to do our own research and do the very best job we could to keep Wendy alive.

‘We have no doubt that by refusing chemotherapy and radiotherapy and truly embracing natural health we have extended Wendy’s life by a very long time.

Around three years ago Wendy was given six months to live. It was then that we decided we needed to start living in “The Now” and make the very most of every moment we had left together, so we bought a caravan and went travelling all round Europe.



 We adapted our work to be done from anywhere on a mobile phone and a laptop and we set off.

‘Our “gypsy travels” sadly had to come to an end last September when we had to return home to Derby due to Wendy’s pain being too much to bear