One more quick update today. I am sorry to say that the little sweet pea from Pennsylvania Allison Voight died on October 24. According to her Caring Bridge journal her parents took her to the ER after she had problems with her feeding tubes leaking on October 20th. When she was in the ER her heart stopped beating for 45 minutes! The doctors gave Allison a bunch of drugs to keep her heart going but she had brain damage. Specifically the parts of her brain that regulate emotions and personality were damaged. Her parents felt that Allison left them for heaven when her heart stopped, and they were just keeping her body alive. That made me sad.
On October 23rd Allison's kidneys were shutting down. Eric and Katie decided to remove the drugs that kept her heart beating. Allison's heart continued beating on its own for quite a while. Her parents, grandparents, pastor and some other people were there to say good bye. Her brother Josiah sang "Jesus Loves Me." Finally at around 1:30 am on the 24th her parents decided to have her ventilator removed and she died.
It's a sad thing that she had such potential. She seemed to be doing ok while at home! Her Caring Bridge guestbook still abounds with condolences from around the country, some of them were from people I emailed about Allison. I was especially proud to read an entry from my friend Erin which includes a quote from her daughter Elisa "Baby Allison is about to die, and we're going to miss her a lot, but we know that God will take care of her good."(Elisa is 4 1/2! She remembered to pray for Allison everyday.) I remember when Erin worked with me at the relay center and she was pregnant with Elisa!
Rest in peace, Allison! Jesus will take great care of you up there!!
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