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My mom is back home and now has an oxygen tank for when she gets short of breath. She has to weigh herself daily and report any unexplained weight gain to her kidney doctor. They'd rather not have her gain 30 lbs worth of fluid and having to be admitted again.
My cousin's daughter, Emma, will not be so lucky. She will be taken off life support tomorrow (Monday). When she passes, her organs will be donated. Her body will be sent to St. Louis to have tissue and bone marrow samples taken before being sent back to Springfield to have an autopsy performed on her heart to see if they can find out for sure what happened. Her remains will, of course, then be cremated. She is only 19. Her death could mean life for many others.
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