A two-week-old premature baby who was delivered while her cancer-stricken mother was in a coma has died – just 10 days after her mother passed away.
Life DeKlyen was born on September 6, 24 weeks and five days premature, after doctors performed an emergency cesarean section in hopes to save her and her mother.
But mother Carrie DeKlyen, 37, died three days later, as her body was no longer able to handle the stage 4 glioblastoma multiforme crippling her brain.
At the time of the birth, Carrie was unconscious. She had a stroke at the end of July, which sent her into a five-week coma. Eventually, as both Carrie and her unborn child weakened, doctors decided they had to operate.
However, early this morning the family announced that both Life and Carrie have now passed.
Life’s aunt, Sonya DeKlyen Nelson, Carrie’s sister-in-law, said in a Facebook post: ‘It is with great sadness and a absolutely broken heart that I tell you Life Lynn passed away last night. Carrie is now rocking her baby girl. I have no explanation of why this happened, but I do know Jesus loves us and someday we will know why.’
