Well, on Thursday we received a call from the ME. The autopsy report is finished. We should get it in the next 7 to 14 days. My poor little Ashlyn died of a stroke. I believe technically it was a Cerebellar Infarction caused by complications due to her Down Syndrome. What the hell does that mean? We were pretty devastated all day. We had been thinking her heart had given out or that the CPAP had not functioned properly. We didn't even see this coming. I guess the ME told my hubby that there was nothing that could have been done. Even if she had been in the hospital, they couldn't have saved her and if by some miracle they had, she would have been badly brain damaged. I never wanted her to live her life on machines and it seems she didn't either. This sucks because I just want my baby. Wherever we go and do I think, would Ashlyn have liked this? Ashlyn should be here. I should have seen her grow up but that will never happen. My hubby is comforted by the fact that there is nothing we could have done but part of me still doesn't believe it. Why didn't someone know this was going to happen? Why didn't they check her blood pressure? My grief counsellor is going to try to arrange an autopsy review so that we can go over the report with a doctor and have it explained in more detail.
