Zariah’s Funeral Fund

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On Tuesday, June 29th, Zariah went into cardiac arrest due to a tragic oversight by her home health nurse while her parents were gone. She has been in the pediatric ICU at Women’s and Children’s hospital since then. They initially thought she was brain dead because the damage was so severe from the event, but they then determined that her brain stem was working on Wednesday. So the doctors and her parents had a little bit of hope that she might recover from this. However, overnight, her brain activity decreased so much on her EEG that they thought something was wrong with the machine, but that wasn’t the case. Between that and her MRI, it became clear that she was never going to wake up again and would never come off the ventilator. So her parents had to make the impossible decision to withdraw care July 6th, exactly 3 months after they adopted her. They said she would be eligible to donate her kidneys, liver, and heart valves. So her parents are finding some comfort in knowing that several families are going to be getting their miracle call very soon.
Despite her physical limitations, Zariah was always so happy and full of life. Her favorite movie was Frozen II, and her favorite song was Some Things Never Change from the soundtrack. She would light up when it came on. She was also so attached to her mommy and daddy. She would start crying if someone tried to take her from their arms or even if they just left her line of sight for a couple of seconds. She didn’t have function of her arms, but she was learning to play all kinds of games with feet. She was loved and adored by those around her, and will be missed so much.

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