Baby with rare genetic disorder teaches lesson of love and beauty in her short life

A Citrus County couple is mourning the loss of their of 10-month-old baby after she lived with a very rare genetic disorder, but say her short life made a big impact.

[lilgeorge]

No baby should have to suffer like this...its so sad.

[merrywhiterose]

I had a Trisomy 13 baby. As soon as I was told about all the fatal problems, my husband & I put a Do Not Resuscitate order on him. We just couldn't stand to know he was suffering. He died at 12 days old.

[kymerwin]

Ive never seen someone smile so BIG while saying their baby was taken off a ventilator. I'll never understand that disgusting behavior.

[debperkins]

Why let her suffer why??? You say she was brave?? She had no choice. Imagine being her with the pain everyday

[cheesypancakes]

everyone is saying she was suffering but she was smiling in that final picture. She got to be held my her mum and dad, she got to be kissed and hugged, she got to play peekaboo and look at the trees and feel the grass. She didn't live long but she lived. She smiled

[shottwice]

Honestly I feel like they should've let her go. I know every baby deserves a chance, but once they saw her having seizures and many other complications everyday or almost every day, they should've let her go. She probably suffered those 10 months. I know they wanted to beat the odds and have their kid survive but once they saw that they should've let her free.

[paranoidgenius]

they let the baby suffer for 10 days even though they were told, the baby was most likely terminal after birth?
I was mistaken, 10 months, not days.

[AbraMacabreXx]

So sorry for your loss
She was a beautiful baby

[jhcqctu]

10 months of almost daily seizures and pain.??? Wth! That's a terrible life. I wonder if they had pain meds so she can get a break every now and then from pain so she can smile a little in her 10 months.

[kellyoyen]

I'm sorry for your loss. She's was ADORABLE ❤️😍

[kymerwin]

What a happy father of a child that didnt make it.

[SpookyGhostHippy]

She’s so precious hearing her little cry made me so emotional 😭 ❤️ sweet little baby

[johnniemiera]

Some of the comments on here are so heartless...

[PrincessDie]

Omg the father saying "we love you Blakely" when she was born is so beautiful

[njh]

There are times when death is a blessing. That said, this baby should not have been born into this world, only to suffer.

[monikamichaelis-iwto]

Merrywhiterose: You did the right thing. Why prolonge the suffering for baby and you.

[Justnobody]

Nothing but greed, greed, greed to have a baby who lived in pain every day of its poor little life!
So shameful of the parents!

[DMartinov]

Lol they were so not giving a fuck that they haven’t even gotten that baby a crib

[ecuadorexpat]

RIP Baby Blakeley prayers for this beautiful family

[BB-scgc]

Nope. Selfish parents now getting tons of attention for allowing the child to suffer for the entirety of her short life. Appalling