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Doctors Thought Child Was Brain Dead
ALLENTOWN, Pa. --The parents of a little girl with cancer were told she was brain dead. But then the unbelievable happened.
Five-year-old Kelly Grossbaur was taken off life support equipment shortly after she was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown Tuesday.
Her loved ones said their final goodbyes but Kelly was not ready to hear them. She is is still hanging on.
Kelly is now at home in East Allen Township, a place that Kathy and John Grossbaur thought that their little girl had left for last time.
Kelly has been battling brain cancer for more than two years. She suffered several seizures Tuesday morning and was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital.
Doctors told the Grossbaurs they thought that her brain stem had ruptured.
"We had the tube removed and we waited for her to pass," said Kelly's father.
But Kelly opened her eyes, kissed her grandparents and parents and made it clear her life was not yet over.
"She whispered 'daddy,' she said paint. We asked if she wanted to paint. She said yes," said Kelly's father.
Doctors had no explanation. They said Kelly could go home.
"It's a gift. It's just a gift from god," said Kelly's dad.
Morphine and oxygen now keep her comfortable. She survived a previous coma and endured intense cancer treatments.
Her parents believe she did not want her fight to end in a hospital bed.
"I think my daughter is very strong, a little stubborn and decided she'll go on her own terms and her own time," said Kelly's mother.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/2752891/detail.html
ALLENTOWN, Pa. --The parents of a little girl with cancer were told she was brain dead. But then the unbelievable happened.
Five-year-old Kelly Grossbaur was taken off life support equipment shortly after she was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown Tuesday.
Her loved ones said their final goodbyes but Kelly was not ready to hear them. She is is still hanging on.
Kelly is now at home in East Allen Township, a place that Kathy and John Grossbaur thought that their little girl had left for last time.
Kelly has been battling brain cancer for more than two years. She suffered several seizures Tuesday morning and was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital.
Doctors told the Grossbaurs they thought that her brain stem had ruptured.
"We had the tube removed and we waited for her to pass," said Kelly's father.
But Kelly opened her eyes, kissed her grandparents and parents and made it clear her life was not yet over.
"She whispered 'daddy,' she said paint. We asked if she wanted to paint. She said yes," said Kelly's father.
Doctors had no explanation. They said Kelly could go home.
"It's a gift. It's just a gift from god," said Kelly's dad.
Morphine and oxygen now keep her comfortable. She survived a previous coma and endured intense cancer treatments.
Her parents believe she did not want her fight to end in a hospital bed.
"I think my daughter is very strong, a little stubborn and decided she'll go on her own terms and her own time," said Kelly's mother.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/2752891/detail.html
