As soon as I heard Isabella’s story I reached out to the mother to get more details.

Isabella’s mom said:

On November 25th, 2010 life as we knew it was forever changed. Isabella (who was 4.5 years old at the time) and I had spent the day celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends. Isabella was fine all day. Suddenly she became very sick. Isabella quickly became dehydrated, confused and disoriented. I had no idea when I brought her to the hospital that our journey was just beginning. Within 24 hours of being admitted, Isabella was literally crashing and dying before my eyes. Isabella had been diagnosed with sudden acute encephalitis from an unknown virus. [Read more…]