Ashley Cain daughter: Reality TV star shares heartbreaking final moments of Azaylia's death and trauma that 'will never leave' him

Azaylia, who he welcomed with his ex-partner Safiyya Vorajee, 36, tragically passed away from leukaemia in April 2021. Since her death, TV personality Ashley has devoted his days to taking on near-impossible challenges and endured blood, sweat and tears to keep his daughter's “legacy alive”.

In July Cain travelled between Land's End and John O' Groats three times - running, kayaking and cycling more than 3,000 miles, raising almost £200,000 in memory of his baby daughter. His journey began on April 24, on the three year anniversary of his eight-month-old daughter Azaylia's death from a rare form of leukaemia. Cain, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, embarked on a 900-mile run, a 925-mile cycle and a 950-mile kayak sea crossing as part of the ultra triathlon.

Speaking on Paul Carrick Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast, Cain shared: “I don't believe my trauma is ever going to leave me and I don't want it to leave me because the pain I feel is the love for my daughter.” During the emotional interview, Ashley recalled first discovering the signs that his daughter was ill and being told of her cancer diagnosis.

He said: “One day my partner [Safiyya] saw a raised lump on her stomach and it had a bruise on it. When we rang, they told us to come straight in. They took Azaylia's blood. 

“They told us it was AMR leukemia, it was very aggressive. She's at a high risk of this illness taking her life and there's a low risk of them being able to cure it. They told us that on the spot. We were moved to Birmingham Children's hospital and that was my life going forward. 

“I went from feeling like I'd everything I'd ever wanted to having my entire life turned upside down. I broke down. I couldn't function, I struggled to stand, to speak.”

Ashley and Safiyya planned to travel to Singapore with Azaylia for specialist leukemia treatment however doctors told them she was too ill to make the journey. Ashley recalled: 'The day the consultant came in and said, Azalyia's tumours come back, she's now got tumours on her stomach, her kidney, her spleen and her brain and she won't be able to fly. There's nothing we could do about it. 

'The radiotherapy was too harsh, it would have killed her. At this point, they said there was nothing they could do anymore. I used to hope my daughter could beat cancer and then I got to the point where my hope becomes, when she passes away it's peaceful and she can be in our arms. 

Ashley became emotional as he recalled the day Azaylia passed away, saying: “We kept getting transfusions to hold that together so she would pass peacefully. One morning we knew it was the time, we made sure she was in her arms and I was counting the seconds between her breaths until she didn't breath anymore. I can't forget that moment.”