From Dallas’s Message to Family Members the day after Emma’s Passing: Our little precious Emma Grace was taken home by the Lord yesterday around 5pm. She’s had a rough past week, and she acquired a new systemic infection that got into her bloodstream and caused septic shock and massive hypotension. Her blood pressure plummetted and doctors tried everything they could to fix the situation but nothing seemed to work. Without blood pressure, her kidneys were unable to filter out the extra fluid they were giving her to increase her pressure and wasn’t able to get rid of the potassium that they usually do. The fluid had nowhere to go but into her skin and into open spaces in her abdomen. Emma fought long and bravely but in the end just couldn’t fight anymore. Her potassium was just too high and her heart slowly stopped beating. Elizabeth and I were with her at the end. We knew Emma was going to die when the doctors asked if we wanted to hold her. We’ve wanted to hold her for so long, but not that way. Not then. Elizabeth held her first. I was able to hold my little girl for the first and last time as she squeezed Elizabeth’s finger as if to say “It’s ok mom, Jesus and Madeline need me now.” We sang hymns…”Jesus Loves Me” and “It Is Well With My Soul” to her until her heart stopped beating and they turned off the respirator. Emma suffered more in three weeks of life than most people experience in a lifetime. She didn’t deserve that. She’s not suffering anymore and she’s with …
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