Terminally ill Kaiapoi mum Hayley Beaumont has thanked supporters and well-wishes after being given just days to live.

The 31-year-old was diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer in December 2019. She was misdiagnosed 11 months earlier.

The solo mum shared her story last year wanting to encourage women to get a second opinion if they felt something wasn’t right.

In July Hayley said she wished she listened to her “gut instinct” that was telling her something wasn’t right in her body.  

On Tuesday morning her sister Angela told Chris Lynch Hayley’s been given “days to live and is now at a hospice.”

Hayley went to the hospital last Monday and has been there ever since. She’s now on strong medication.

“She’s suffering kidney failure because there’s a tumour on it, so doctors are being extra careful not to give her too much medication.”

Angela said Hayley sleeps a lot and is drowsy.

She said their father is not doing too well. “We lost our mum a few years ago to a sudden heart attack, and there’s been a lot of grief in the family.”

“I’m trying to put on a brave face. I don’t think Hayley wants us sitting around being upset, so we’re trying to keep things normal, using our sense of humour and trying to have a laugh.”

Hayley had an early 12th birthday party for her daughter Abbey last night at the hospice.

“She really wanted to make it to Abbey’s birthday this month but it won’t happen.”

“Abbey is trying to act normal. She knows her mum is going to die. She stayed overnight at the hospice which was nice.”

As a result of donations, Hayley’s shared some nice memories with her daughter.

In October they enjoyed a week-long trip with family around parts of the bottom of the South Island, ending in Queenstown.

A page has been set up to help with funeral costs.