Kamora's Story Part 1

Kamora’s Story Part 1

Kamora was born a happy healthy baby girl on September 9, 2008.  Three weeks after I had to return to work as I didn’t have maternity leave, leaving Kamora and her sibling’s Kolisa and Jacob home to be cared for by her father who we will not name.  Her oldest sibling Thomas was a full time middle school student not requiring care from the father of Kamora.  Kamora had a rough time and was treated for colic and formula was changed around 4wks of age due to constant crying and throwing up.  She got ill around 4 wks of age as well when celebrating her sisters first birthday.  Just as she seemed to be doing better only a week in she made a turn for the worst again.  At 6wks of age on a Wednesday evening I took her to the emergency room because she was lethargic and didn’t seem to be eating well and her father described an action that sounded like a seizure.  As soon as I got to the ER and started signing Kamora in to be seen she had a big seizure and a nurse rushed to her side and took her back immediately.  And this is where our lives changed forever.  Kamora was a victim of child abuse at the hands of her father.  She sustained a severe close head trauma resulting in permanent irreversible brain damage throughout her entire brain.  She suffered 27 rib fractures, both legs upper and lower were fractured.  A broken clavicle, even one of her little toes was broken.  Both arms upper and lower were fractured.  Her right elbow was fractured and dislocated.  It never fully healed and does not get full extension.  Kamora was near death the night that she was admitted to the ER and transferred to Children’s Hospital.  She was placed on life support and I was told her prognosis was very bad.  The following day, the family and I were told that the brain damage was so severe that she would never recover from it and at best she would live in a vegetative state.  I was strongly urged by doctors to remove her from life support.  The sooner the better.  Kamora would not survive being taken off life support.  The decision was made and it was set for that Sunday to give the family and friends time to gather and say goodbye.  But that Sunday came and we took Kamora off life support and she struggled for a little over an hour.  She took a deep breath followed by multiple short breaths and then stop breathing.  Then she would repeat the same cycle until she started breathing a little more regularly.  We were all in shock as we expected her to pass on and go to Heaven.  But Kamora showed us that she wasn’t ready to go home and be with the Lord just yet.  She had more to do here on Earth.

The pictures below were taken the day she was taken off life support.