Prayers for Polar Express
 

I just got off the phone with Kris (Polar Express). Her dear 27yo step-daughter, LeeAnna, just passed away during the night in bed at Kris's home.

LeeAnna had been in the hospital for a few days, but they sent her home. Poor Kris blames herself for not insisting the hospital keep her. :hug:

Relatives from Nebraska are on their way to Minnesota. Meanwhile, Kris is having to console LeeAnna's grief-stricken grandmother while they wait for the autopsy results.

Kris gave her approval to post this thread. In your prayers, please remember to ask for blessings of peace and comfort for Kris, and also LeeAnna's family.


I was able to meet up with Kris and LeeAnna about a year ago. Very very lovely ladies. Such a sad loss.


You can view their pictures on my MS Friends album cover.

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I am so sorry to hear this

my prayers are lifted for the family and especially for Kris to have comfort and not blame herself, and be strengthened to help console others in the family.

Praying for the family. Thank you for sharing this need.

Kris,my prayers are with you and your family,for comfort and peace at ths difficult time.


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(((Kris))) Much love and prayers to you and your family. :grouphug:

Kris I am so sorry for this, please know my, my wife, Debbie, and my familys prayers are with you and your loved ones:hug:

Kris, I am so sorry. Know that Jim and I are praying for all of you during this time. I cannot imagine the grief you are putting yourself through. Please know that there is a bigger plan for LeeAnna and while we don't understand why things like this happen, be assured she is singing with the angels.

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Kris, my heart is with you! Praying for you and your family!:hug:

Kris,

I'm so sorry for your loss, you and your family have my deepest sympathy and prayers. :hug:

May God be with you and your family.

so very very sorry Kris. My prayers are with you and your family.:hug:

I am so very sorry to hear this.:hug:
I too am praying for the family and hope that they get some answers soon.
Alison

Oh, Kris, I am so very sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

I would like to give my deepest sympathy and I send prayers of comfort and peace to both Kris & family and Leaanas family. I am sorry to hear of the loss :(
I am sure it is a shock .May God above wrap them all in comfort and help them heal.

I'm so sorry for your loss. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Take care.

I'm so sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you, Kris. Prayers being sent. :hug::hug:

For LeeAnna
 

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I can't tell you enough how much it means.
I just feel the need to tell you a little about LeeAnna. She is my daughter. My parents were emergency foster parents for babies and toddlers for many years, and she came to their house when she was 6 months old, dx'd as a failure to thrive baby. Her birth mother wasn't a bad person, she had 3 older kids and just wasn't able to care for them. LeeAnna moved in with me and I was able to adopt her, as a single parent, shortly thereafter. She was a beautiful child, bright brown eyes and long brown hair halfway down her back by the time she was a year & a half. She was the best baby..
As she grew up, she developed A.D.D., struggled with school, but was determined to graduate. She did graduate, class of 2000.
She has since had many physical problems, including a herniated disc in her back, and her right knee and ankle would give out with no warning. She wore braces for both, and had physical therapy every two weeks. She had so much pain, and yet managed to work every summer for a family that runs carnival rides at many fairs here in MN,ND,SD, and IA..She worked one of the kiddie rides, and loved it as she loved small children and enjoyed seeing them have fun. It was hard work, but she loved it. It made her happy.
She came home about three weeks ago, after the big fair in Spencer, IA. I took her to the emergency room last Saturday with severe abdominal pain. At first they dx'd her with pancreatitus, but the pain moved lower, so they decided it was the pain med she took for her back that was now causing the pain in her stomach. They had her on morphine in the hospital, which they stopped when they couldn't wake her and her breathing became too shallow. They sent her home Tuesday with a new rx. She seemed better, but when I went to check on her Thursday morning, she was gone. There is no definative answer as to what happened yet, but the medical examiner believes it may have been that her heart just stopped. They found heart problems nobody knew she had before.
Right now I'm angry (don't know at who, if anyone), and grieving my baby girl..That small package, all 5'2" of her, had a big heart..But there are a couple of things I have taken away from this nightmare that I wanted to share..
1) Is there someone in your family, in your life, you've almost given up on, or have given up on, for whatever reason? Don't give up on them. Love them anyway.
2) Look around you and see, really see, the people you love. Tell them. Tell them now, because you may not have another chance.
My daughter was 27, and really just coming into her own..I will never regret the time I spent with her, only the time I didn't, because there is no more time. It's wrong, this isn't the order it should happen in. Parents shouldn't have to bury their child. Grandparents shouldn't have to bury their grandchild. But things don't always happen the way they're supposed to.
This is for LeeAnna who, along with my son, I love more than life itself.
Again, thank you all so much. You're caring would have meant so much to LeeAnna, as it does to me and the rest of my family. Bless you all.
Kris

Kris, my heart goes out to you and your family. The advice you gave hit home. Thank you! :hug:

My thoughts and prayers are with you.....

Thank you Kris. You've given us a lot to think about. May you somehow find peace in all this. :hug:

Kris,

Moi and I want to express our deepest sympathy on this terrible tragedy. I cannot imagine the grief you are feeling.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your parents.

Spanish Moss and Moi

Kris, I am so so sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you and all of LeeAnna's Family..:hug:

Love,

Sally

Kris,

My sympathies and prayers for you and yours, and for your LeeAnna.

Kris

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Oh, Kris, I'm so, so sorry. :( You remain in my prayers along with all of LeeAnna's friends and your extended family. :hug:

We are so sorry for your loss. You have given some good advice in your post about your daughter. You will be in our thoughts in the days ahead along with your families.:hug:

Kris, just wanted you to know that I'm thinking of you and praying that you find some peace with this. :hug:



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Update...
 

We had the memorial service for LeeAnna this morning..It was really beautiful. The class of 2000, her graduating class, sent a beautiful plant and card..Many people did. Her best adult friend while growing up sang for her, and there were so many friends and relatives from all over who came. I wonder if she ever realized how many people loved her..I hope she does now.
I just wanted to thank you all again for all the support and prayers. Don't know if I could've made it through this day without all of you along with all the people here, and I hope you know how special, how important, you are. :hug:

(((((Kris)))))