Girl Found in Pool Dies at Kosair Children's Hospital
A 4-year-old girl was found unconscious laying face down in a backyard pool Monday afternoon. The little girl was on life support for less than 24 hours after she was found unconscious in a backyard kiddie pool of her Portland Neighborhood home on Columbia Street.
"The result of the brain injury from lack of oxygen about four o'clock this morning she did pass away. The family wants to thank the community for their prayers and just ask that they continue to remember the family as they grieve and continue to suffer with this loss," says Michael Troy Shells, pastor at Baptist Tabernacle Church who spoke on behalf of the family. "She really came in having been without oxygen for a long time. The staff here and the doctors, they just were awesome and did a great job and gave it all they had."
This should be a wake up call to all families, especially parents with little kids. Experts warn never to leave a child unsupervised near a pool or without adult supervision. They add that if a child is missing, check your pool first.
Posted by Shane Alan Andersen
