Fully vaccinated mother-of-two Melanie Leffler dies just hours after testing positive to Covid 

A beloved mother of two, who had received four covid vaccinations, died just hours after testing positive for the virus.

Sydney healthcare worker Melanie Leffler, 39, passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on November 19.

She had tested positive in a rapid test that day, and her husband Mick said she just had a “runny nose and a bit of a sore throat”.

Sydney healthcare worker Melanie Leffler, 39, passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on November 19 after a positive rapid test: she had only a runny nose and sore throat.

His brother, Kris Leffler, said the family has yet to receive the coroner’s report, but believes his sudden death may be due to heart complications.

Inflammation of the heart muscle and tissue surrounding the heart, known as myocarditis and pericarditis, can in rare cases be caused by Covid vaccines, but is also a result of the virus itself.

Kris described her sister as one of the “strongest-willed, goal-oriented, hard-working women” she’s ever met.

Her brother Kris Leffler (second from right) said the family has yet to receive the coroner’s report, but believes his sister’s sudden death may be heart-related.

“No one should bury a partner, sister or daughter at 39,” he said. seven news.

Ms. Leffler had overcome the loss of a kidney to a rare form of cancer when she was just 12 months old, which inspired her own desire to study medical science.

She then became a genetic counselor for NSW Health.

“Mel always wanted a beautiful family, but was afraid that the chemotherapy she received early in her life may have affected her reproductive system, but she took time out of her busy work schedule to try to start a family,” her brother Kris said. .

Her heartbroken family and friends paid tribute to the beloved mother in a series of heartbreaking posts on social media.

Tributes have poured in for the young mother after her sad passing on November 19.

“Roz and I lost our beautiful, intelligent and loving 39-year-old daughter, Mel, overnight. To say we are shocked and deeply saddened would be an understatement,” her father Wayne wrote.

“We are devastated, things will never be the same again.”

His younger brother, Joel, wrote about his sudden shock.

“I never intended to write this until we were old and grizzled… but 39 is too soon,” he said.

‘Our family will never be the same without you Melly fly high my big sister.’

The family also launched a GoFundMe to help Mrs. Leffler’s husband raise his young family.

Mick is now left to care for the couple’s two daughters, four-year-old Clementine and Lottie, who is just nine months old.

“We are all so confused and saddened that the life of such a young mother, daughter, sister, niece and friend ended so tragically early,” family member Nicole Leffler wrote in the fundraiser’s description.

Mrs. Leffler’s husband, Mick (pictured together), is now left to raise the couple’s two daughters, Clementine, four, and Lottie, who is just nine months old.

A friend and co-worker, Emma, ​​described meeting Ms Leffler as a “treasure”.

“Words cannot describe how much I will miss this amazing and beautiful mother, colleague and friend,” she wrote.

“His warmth, intelligence and kindness have been a great treasure to me.”

Another former colleague, Mona, said that Ms. Leffler was “a smart, kind and warm person who always had a smile on her face.”

“I can only imagine what an amazing mother she became and the joy she would have had watching her beautiful family grow up.”

The fundraiser had raised $25,505 of its $35,000 goal as of Saturday night.