Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Heartbreak­ing Moment

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Mother wheels her brain dead baby daughter to donate all of her organs to other children Heartbreak­ing footage has captured the moment a brain-dead infant is wheeled into surgery to donate her organs. Coralynn Sobolik, who 22 months old, was kissed goodbye by her mother, Meagan Sobolik, 29, who said, ‘You get to save three people. I love you forever’.

In the tear-jerking video, doctors and nurses line the corridors to honour Coralynn while singing Amazing Grace. Coralynn, of New Hampton, Iowa, had been declared brain dead just one day earlier after a brief five-day battle with a virus.complicati­ons from the illness meant she suffered cardiac arrest three times before being declared brain dead.

Three people will be saved by Coralynn, whose life support was turned off on April 29 before she donated her heart, liver and kidneys.mrs Sobolik, who is joined by Coralynn’s father, Paul Sobolik, 32, can be heard saying: ‘I love you forever, you’re the best thing that ever happened to me.’ Coralynn can be seen wearing a little knitted hat with daisies on and hooked up to dozens of wires.

Mrs Sobolik had nothing but praise for staff who flocked around her daughter as she made her last ever journey to save the lives of three others. She said: ‘I don’t know if there is a word for more than phenomenal but the hospital staff were just that.‘they treated us as though they were our family.‘it was such a moving moment and I’m so touched that Coralynn managed to touch that many lives.’

Mrs Sobolik shared the video on Facebook for family members outside of the US to watch.she was shocked to find the clip soon became a viral sensation and viewed over 9 million times.the grieving mother said: ‘I’m so grateful that Coralynn’s memory can live on.‘we are overwhelme­d by the support we have received from people all over the world. ‘It’s great to know our little girl has inspired so many.’

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