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Girl, 5, Died Suddenly at Home After Complaining of 'Tummy Bug'
Birmingham Mail ^ | 25 FEB 2023 | Lynn Love, Isabelle Bates

Posted on 02/28/2023 11:50:41 AM PST by nickcarraway

Medics have not been able to tell her family why she died

Medics have not been able to tell her family why she died

A family have been left devastated after a five-year-old girl collapsed and died suddenly after suffering from a 'sickness bug'. Little Isabella Grace Docherty, known as Bella, had vomited a number of times before she died.

Her dad took her downstairs when she was unable to sleep in an attempt to settle her, but the youngster suddenly collapsed. CPR was performed by her heartbroken parents, but sadly nothing could be done to save her.

Since her death on Monday, February 13, her parents have been trying to find answers as to why she died. A medical examination has come back 'incolclusive.'

Devastated mum Pamela Little, from Newarthill in Scotland, told the Daily Record that she is struggling to come to terms with her daughter's death as they still have no idea why she died.

She said: "Her post-mortem came back as inconclusive. We don't know why this happened and it's killing us inside. We are awaiting results of further tests which we really hope will give us much-needed answers as to what happened to our girl."

Mum-of-three Pamela, 38, said there were no 'red flags' before her daughter's tragic death. "She began vomiting suddenly earlier on in the day but it was nothing majorly concerning," Pamela said.

She continued: "We cancelled her swimming lesson that night as we thought she had picked up a tummy bug because we knew a lot of her friends from nursery had been ill too. She threw up a few more times and was a little agitated but she didn't have a temperature so we weren't worried.

"She was still asking for food, including a McDonald's and was bossing us around. There were no red flags whatsoever."

Pamela said Bella's dad, Brian, took her downstairs after she was struggling to sleep in her bed. She added: "She was slightly unsettled, and wouldn't sleep so he thought he would take her downstairs to see if she would settle on the couch with him.

"At 4am she vomited suddenly and collapsed on the floor. Brian screamed at me to come down me. When I came in he was holding her in his arms. I brushed her hair away from her face and my instincts told me she was gone.

"We phoned for an ambulance and did CPR, a neighbour came to help until paramedics came and after that, it's just a nightmare.

"I just remember seeing her face and realising something bad had happened. Paramedics and doctors did all they could but they couldn't save her."

Last year doctors discovered an abnormality on Bella's brain stem following an MRI scan, however Pamela and Brian were told this was not life threatening and said they do not believe it to have been connected with her death.

Pamela added: "She has some issues with her brain, but nothing that we were told to be worried about. Her behaviour had suddenly changed after she had chicken pox last summer, so she had ct scans and an MRI and they had said there was an abnormality on her brain stem but it wasn't life threatening. Doctors said it could have been something she was born with.

"They didn't no exactly what it was and now they may never find out. She was due to go into the hospital last week as an in patient for some testing but unfortunately, suddenly, she's gone."

Pamela, who is also mum to Leon, 15, and Ellie, 13, said the family's world has been turned upside down by little Bella's death. She said: "We are absolutely broken. Bella was our funny, caring little diva and now we just want the world to know how amazing she was.

"Me and her dad are taking it hour by hour. The kids are devastated. Ellie saw everything so she's pretty traumatised. She shared a room with Bella so she's not came home yet."


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: diedsuddenly; sudden; suddendeath; suddenly; suddenlydies
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To: Harpotoo

Fisher Price?


21 posted on 02/28/2023 1:17:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: napscoordinator

And if it is the vaxxine causing these deaths your OK with nobody knowing about it?


22 posted on 02/28/2023 1:23:26 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: napscoordinator

Not really. We warned for 2 yrs this was coming and the vaxxers blew it off and now don’t want anyone to talk about the killer vaxx


23 posted on 02/28/2023 1:29:14 PM PST by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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To: No name given

I think I know


24 posted on 02/28/2023 1:52:22 PM PST by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: hillarys cankles
I think that means, "They didnt no what it was..."
25 posted on 02/28/2023 1:55:34 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: Cold Heart

About as much as antivaxxers laughed off those who died from Covid and didn’t want to hear the truth. Covid was serious to the tune of 1.1 million republican death and the very supporters of republicans said who cares.


26 posted on 02/28/2023 2:18:39 PM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator

The only ones that are goulish are the ones who perpitrated this hmanitarian disaster and those that hide the truth or allow the disaster to continue.


27 posted on 02/28/2023 3:42:07 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

Leave trump alone. What do you suppose he do in March 2020? He tried to swat it away but that didn’t work. He tried to say it’d be gone in two weeks but that didn’t work either. Finally he told the governors to close down until it goes away. Most listened to him. Then he made these awesome vaccines (trumps words) which conservatives loved, democrats hated. That was until Biden became president then the parties flipped.


28 posted on 02/28/2023 5:44:04 PM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator

“Leave Trump alone”

You are on a different communication frequency. I will have to remember that.


29 posted on 02/28/2023 6:06:23 PM PST by Cold Heart
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