Bethany Francis was 33 years old. She was a Twilight fan (read all the books, traveled to all the film openings), and was happily married to a wonderful young man named Dan. Beth and Dan were expecting their first child in about two months. Their little one was going to be a girl, and they would name her Natalie Danielle. Isn’t that a lovely name? Beth and Dan were grade school teachers. Beth taught first grade. Senor Francis, as his students called him, taught Spanish.
December 1st, 2011 was parent-teacher conference day. Beth was talking with a parent of one of her students when she suddenly felt lightheaded, collapsed, and stopped breathing. The 911 call was made. An emergency vehicle soon arrived.
Beth had a cyst, fed by large blood vessels, that was positioned in an area that hid it from ultrasound scans. The cyst ruptured causing massive internal bleeding. All attempts at resuscitation failed. The loss of blood to her brain deprived it of oxygen, so that by the time she reached the hospital, there was no trace of brain activity.
The emergency room crew performed a C-section in an attempt to save the baby. However, the baby had been without oxygen for too long as well. Her little organs began to fail, one at a time. Within a few hours baby Natalie Danielle joined her mother in heaven.
Sad, isn’t it. We’ve gotten past the hard part now. What I’d really like you to know about Beth is how she lived…
http://rememberingbethany.com/
