RIP Aly

I am sad to say my little 14 year old cousin Aly passed away this morning.



I have mentioned her a few times on the blog you can find here . She was born with heart problems, had her first transplant in November 2008 it went well for 8 weeks then rejection set in, she has been in the hospital since January 31st of this year dealing with complications, she had brain surgery to correct the disease Moya Moya, last night she had surgery to have an artificial heart place in her until another heart became available. During the surgery she started bleeding and they could not stop it.

I am heartbroken for myself and my family before the surgery Aly had a tube in her mouth and could not talk she only gave the thumbs up for the surgery. She wanted to live so bad. She had more strength and determination than anyone I have ever met. I urge you please to donate your organs when you pass, I keep thinking if only we would have been able to find another heart sooner.








I am still processing everything, I am friends with her on myspace and facebook and I have request from her for the little applications I don't want to click them and accept them because its my last contact with her and I don't want them to go away but I also want to see the last things she has sent me. I know that might sound silly but I just can't believe this.

I always thought of Aly on my runs whenever I could not get through one and wanted to stop, because all she wanted to do with her new heart was to be able to run, now I'm more determined than ever to run for her.

I was headed out on my morning run this morning and decided to check my phone before I left when I saw a missed call at 5 a.m. from her brother.

It is too soon to know about funeral services all I do know is that David & I are going no matter how far if the family decides to bury her there in Ohio or how much time of my PTO it uses I would rather not have a vacation and just be able to tell her goodbye.