Category Archives: Molly Campbell

We are still here and Molly’s “kids” are doing relatively well. Bedtimes are still particularly tough for them as that is when they are left to their thoughts and the sadness starts to creep in. We try to fight back

Born November 23, 2010, passed away July 10, 2013 at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Although far too brief, she lived an inspiring life. She will be deeply missed by her parents, David and Rebekah Campbell and

Thank you for all the posts, they really do help us a lot. It is very hard to describe how we are doing. We are managing to get thru the days, mostly because we don’t have the option to not!

I am heartbroken to tell you that the beautiful, inspirational Molly Campbell passed away this morning. Your support has meant so much, and I know the Campbell family will appreciate additional prayers and love in the coming weeks. No family

Well we have not had the quiet days we had hoped for. Molly has continued to struggle with her oxygen levels, often de-stating and requiring manual bagging to bring them back up sometimes multiple times a day.  Her blood gasses

It is rarely ever a quiet day in Molly’s room and even the quiet days are busy with nurses in and out turning Molly to prevent more bedsores, taking vitals, blood work, adjusting settings and administering meds. On Monday the

So on Thursday Molly continued to have problems with her blood gases which lead to lots of manual bagging and suctioning. Eventually it was clear she could not stay on the oscillator and the Docs had no choice but to

We have had a very difficult few days. On Tuesday Molly’s blood gases started to travel in the wrong direction and she wound up needing to be taken off the oscillator and manually bagged while they suctioned mucus out of

Not to much change over the last few days, yesterday Molly was the most stable she has been and she tolerated weaning down a wee bit on her oscillator settings and oxygen as her blood gases improved. There has been

Still no changes here Molly is still in very critical condition and is heavily sedated. Her morning X-ray is relatively the same as yesterdays. Even though she has not gotten any better, today the docs are talking about trying to