Cameron’s wife just wanted to watch her two young daughters grow up and be happy. But now he’s a single father to them both after a tragic turn of events

A man is devastated after his wife, and mother of their two children, died of breast cancer at the age of 38.

Jess Blees died just after midnight on August 8 after a short and severe second bout of stage four triple-negative breast cancer, which had spread to her brain.

Her husband, Cameron Edwards, said her rapid decline was “one of the scariest times of my life.”

Mrs Blees, a nurse, was first diagnosed in August last year, when she was 22 weeks pregnant with her youngest daughter Mila.

Mrs Blees gave birth to her ‘double miracle child’ in November, between two rounds of chemotherapy. By March, the tumours had ‘melted away’.

Nearly a year after her initial diagnosis, she began experiencing severe migraines and blurred vision.

An MRI scan in July revealed that the breast cancer had spread through four tumours in Mrs Blees’ brain and one on her optic nerve.

She was dealt another devastating blow when the cancer spread to her cerebrospinal fluid, leading to a terminal diagnosis.

Although Blees knew she wouldn’t have a long life, she hoped her two daughters, Evie, 3, and Mila, nine months old (both conceived through IVF), would reach primary school.

Mr Edwards said he found it difficult to watch his wife’s condition deteriorate so quickly, while at the same time trying to prepare his daughters for the reality of her death.

“The hardest thing for me is the challenge of telling a three-year-old that Jess was going to die that same night,” he told Daily Mail Australia.

‘Taking her to the hospital to visit her mother, when at that time she was having trouble breathing and was effectively in a coma.

“And then Evie leaned over to her mother and gave her a kiss.”

Mr Edwards added that he is trying to stay strong for his two daughters despite having ‘lost the love of his life’.

“What still bothers me is that my daughters will not grow up and know their mother,” he said.

‘Jess loved it so much.’

Mrs Blees is survived by her husband, Cameron Edwards and two daughters, 3-year-old Evie (bottom left) and 9-month-old Mila (bottom right)

Although the news about the new tumors was disturbing, Blees remained convinced that new treatments would help.

A very precise treatment with the gamma knife, aimed at the tumors, helped to relieve the migraine pain for a day, after which it returned.

According to Mr Edwards, doctors were astonished by the almost immediate return of the debilitating migraines, which could not be attributed to the radiation.

They kept monitoring the tumors and tried to treat them until they discovered it in the fluid that nourishes her brain. It was leptomeningeal cancer.

People with the disease are usually given four months to live if they receive treatment, but Mrs Blees would die three days later..

The widower says he is devastated by the setback his wife is experiencing during her devastating battle with cancer.

“I just keep myself busy so I don’t get into a slump,” Mr. Edwards said.

“But I think the hardest part is when they go to bed at night. You sit there and think, ‘What now?'”

The young mother’s second bout with stage four triple-negative breast cancer came just weeks after the cancer aggressively spread to her brain

About 300 people attended Mrs Blees’ funeral, which Edwards said was a reflection of how positive and loved she was.

“Wherever she went, she lit up the room. She was respected and loved by everyone,” he said.

‘Just to see someone who is so positive and cheerful, who doesn’t let anything get her down, and now unfortunately gets dealt the exact same cards that she just had to endure.

‘Luckily she didn’t suffer for months, but in that short time she suffered long enough.’

A GoFundMe was recently reopened by Mrs Blees’ sister Amanda in the hope of supporting Mr Edwards and his two daughters after their tragic loss.