Help Diana's Family After Tragic Loss

After being in the hospital for the first 3 months of the year with our medically complex child James, my fiancé, Diana Lynn Adams, began to experience medical issues with our second son Charles. She was in and out of the hospital for prodromal labor until his birth. Charles was born successfully with no issues at the end of May. One week after Charles’ birth, she was rushed to the hospital for emergency gallbladder surgery, which had complications. After receiving antibiotics for a few days, she was discharged home. She was home for less than a week when we had to call the paramedics because Diana could not move her arms and legs. After weeks in the hospital, she was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis and suffered multiple spine and rib fractures. Additional fractures were suffered within the hospital, further delaying her discharge. She spent months in the Hartford Healthcare system trying to recover. While those issues were ongoing, she began experiencing electrolyte imbalances and heart issues. This all ended with an emergency trip back to the hospital after being discharged for 24 hours. In the emergency department, she experienced cardiac arrest. The nurses were able to get her heart beating again, but Diana was deprived of oxygen for approximately 20 minutes. After this event, she was moved to the cardiac care unit where she was on life support for a little over a week. The doctors determined that her brain would not recover from the oxygen deprivation, and the decision was made to remove her life support on 9/30/24.

Diana leaves behind our two children, James (3 years old) and Charles (4 months old). We are requesting donations to help with burial costs, and anything left over will help our children with their needs.

In addition to the above medical issues, Diana and my son James have a rare genetic disorder known as Noonan Syndrome, which impacts all of the growth systems in the body. Diana did not discover she had Noonan's until the birth of our first son James. One of our goals, in addition to the donations, is to raise awareness about Noonan Syndrome so doctors can better diagnose and look out for the additional risks this genetic disorder adds to normal diagnoses. Diana was able to donate parts of herself to further expand our knowledge on Noonan Syndrome. For more information about this, please see Team Noonan.