‘I’ll see you again in heaven’: father of Hong Kong girl Chau Tin-yu confirms daughter’s death after 4 years in vegetative state

Eddie Chau, father of the eight-year-old girl, confirmed his daughter died on Sunday at around 3.40pm

‘During her last moment before leaving, she used all of her strength to open her eyes and weakly look at her mother and me,’ he says

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A family photo of Chau Tin-yu. She was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a type of malignant tumour, in 2018. Photo: Handout

Published: 1:36pm, 11 Mar 2024Updated: 10:05pm, 11 Mar 2024

The father of an eight-year-old girl who has died four years after a blood transfusion was delayed during an operation and she was left in a vegetative state said he hopes to see her in heaven one day, recalling how she had mustered all of her strength to look at her parents in her last moments.

Eddie Chau confirmed in a Facebook post on Monday that his daughter Chau Tin-yu died at around 3.40pm the day before. Sources on Sunday also revealed the information.

“We were holding her pale and cold little hands as our family of three were accompanying her to the other end of the rainbow bridge,” he said.

“During her last moment before leaving, she used all of her strength to open her eyes and weakly look at her mother and me.

“Her heartbeat and breathing then gradually stopped and she left peacefully.

“You are daddy’s happiest and sweetest memories, but also the most profound and painful experience,” Chau wrote. “Daddy promised you that we will meet again in heaven. Daddy loves you forever, Tin-yu.”

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