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Belinda Wilding
Craft died very unexpectedly on December 31st due to complications after a
basic knee surgery. In this post we wanted to share specifics about how this
came about with those who are interested to know more details.
We will share her
actual Obituary in a different post. Check the bottom of this post though for
Funeral details.
Belinda Craft had a
basic knee surgery the evening of Thursday,
December 27th to correct a torn meniscus that had been bothering her for
months (possibly years). The tear was pretty
bad, but surgery appeared to have gone alright.
The next day was spent in bed recovering and sleeping, besides extra
pain in the knee (for obvious reasons), she appeared to be just fine.
Saturday, December
29th, after sleeping and taking care of her youngest son, Jacob, who was sick,
she woke up with shortness of breath and headed to the bathroom. Very quickly
she couldn't stand anymore, and laid herself down on the bathroom floor and told
Jacob to go get Dad.
She appeared to be
having an anxiety attack as she kept saying she couldn't breathe and to call the ambulance. A couple
minutes before the ambulance arrived, she lost consciousness and went into
Cardiac Arrest (lost oxygen and pulse).
Dad began chest compressions and then soon the paramedics arrived and it
took approximately 12 minutes to regain her pulse.
It was discovered
that she had a Pulmonary Embolism (blood clots in the lungs) which caused the
cardiac arrest.
For two days she was
in a full coma and was on Life Support. Some brain activity was detected at
first which gave us a lot of hope, even though she remained in her coma and
wouldn't wake up. We had a decent amount of hope that things would turn out after a 24 hour Cold Therapy was done to help stop swelling and further damage.
However, Sunday morning things turned for worse when her blood pressure spiked and then dropped and her eyes dilated, which indicates a possible stroke and/or problems in the brain. When they did an MRI, they did discover swelling of the brain, and it was unknown how much more damage would occur since it was impossible for them to stop the swelling under the circumstances. But it was discovered that there was not a blood clot in the brain as they had originally guessed. So we kept praying and hoping for the best over the next day.
However, because of
the extensive damage done to her brain from the lack of oxygen for those 12
minutes or more on Saturday, the damaged brain eventually lost full brain wave activity
sometime Monday morning. After several tests, including an Apnea test to see if she would breath on her own as they pumped in oxygen, her brain waves were tested again and she was officially declared brain
dead, and that she had died December 31st, 2012.
Her Life Support was
extended for a few more days, so that my mom could do one last service with her
otherwise healthy body. She was able to donate her kidneys, liver, and heart
valves to recipients in need.
Even though this
tragedy happened so suddenly and unexpectedly, we feel comforted in the Plan of
Salvation and that we will see her again.
We exercised our faith and we know she would have recovered fully if it
wasn't her time to go. However, the Lord had a different plan for her, and our
family's faith is in Jesus Christ and is not dependent on outcomes. We know He
will give us the strength to get through this
if we keep our faith in Him and that there was a reason for the outcome
to turn out the way it did.
We invite any and
all of you who knew and loved Belinda to come to the Viewing and/or Funeral! She had many many friends and would love
for any who are available, to come! Because she had so many friends, we hope
the word will get out to everyone in past wards, neighborhoods, schools, or anything
else she was involved in. Feel welcome
to pass along this information to anyone you know would care to be at Belinda's
funeral. In the past, she always did request a large turn out! :)
Funeral Services are
as follows:
The Funeral and the
Viewings will be held at:
LDS Church
(on the corner of) 600 East 3200 North, Lehi, UT
The viewing will be
held on:
Friday, January 4th
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday, January
5th 9:00AM - 10:30 PM
(The Saturday line
will close at 10:30, so please arrive early since we anticipate a large turn
out and long lines)
The Funeral will be
held on:
Saturday, January
5th at 11:00 AM
We thank everyone
for their faith, thoughts, prayers, and various ways you have reached out to
our family. Thank you for being a part of our lives as well as part of
Belinda's wonderful life. We wish you all the best!
To share
condolences, stories, and photos of Belinda, please email them to:
memoriesofbelinda@gmail.com
Where they will then
be posted on:
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