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Heartbroken mom ‘overcome with guilt’ after her beloved 17-month-old daughter fell into a blown-up spa and drowned while at work
- Mother of 17-month-old girl who drowned guilty of not being home
- Tahlia Brown was at work when Totty fell into an inflatable spa at the Queensland home
- Partner, brother and children found child unresponsive and tried to resuscitate her
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A mother whose 17-month-old girl drowned in an inflatable spa is racked with guilt for not being home when her child tragically died.
Tahlia Brown was at work when her daughter Totty drowned in an inflatable pool at her family home in Gracemere, northern Queensland, on September 19.
Her partner Cecil Murphy, brother and two other children were at home when one of the six-year-old siblings discovered the body.
A mother whose 17-month-old girl drowned in an inflatable spa is racked with guilt for not being home to save her child
Totty was rushed to the local police station where officers performed CPR before being taken to Brisbane Children’s Hospital.
She was placed in an artificial coma and died the next day in her mother’s arms.
Family friend Alyce Pocock said Ms. Brown was overwhelmed with guilt and personally blamed herself for the tragedy for being out of the house at the time.
“But I told her that’s ridiculous, she was working to take care of her family,” she said courier post.
‘There was no crying or yelling… she [Totty] just got up on a chair and entered the spa before drowning.’
Ms Pocock said she had never seen Ms Brown “broken again” about her infant daughter – the last relative to die after losing her father, stepfather and grandfather as a child.
Totty had only just started learning to talk and knew expressions like ‘mama’, ‘daddy’ and ‘puppy’.
Ms Pocock described Totty as sweet and said she was “never shy” and was always happy to meet new people.
“No parent should have to live to see their own child die…the pain is indescribable,” she said.
Tahlia Brown was at work when her daughter Totty drowned in an inflatable hot tub at her family home in Gracemere, north Queensland, on September 19.
Mrs Pocock started a GoFundMe to raise money for the funeral and send the little girl who deserves.
“Leah and Cecil and their entire family have suffered the most unimaginable, unimaginable, unnatural, unfair and tragic losses anyone can have,” she wrote.
“Baby Totty Girl, the shining light of Leah and Cecil’s life, she truly was the happiest, sweetest, most loving baby that ever came into our lives.”
“I’m here to ask all of you to help Leah & Cecil through the darkest days of their lives, find peace and comfort in being able to direct our sweet girl in the way she deserves. A farewell fit for a princess!’
Ms. Brown responded to the GoFundMe in a message on September 27, thanking everyone who donated.
‘Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Both Cecil and I are so grateful for every donation for our sweet baby Totty,” she wrote.
The police are preparing a report for the coroner.