Losing Ivy

Ivy, Corey & Nicole's 2 year old girl,  had an accident at a pool in Hendersen, OR (about 30 minutes away) and was getting rushed to the hospital.  It didn't look good and they needed us there as soon as possible.

Laura and Becky headed down immediately.  Julie followed soon afterwards.  As soon as we arrived at Darren and Emily's home, Mom and Dad told us Ivy was gone.  She didn't make it- she passed away at the hospital.  We were overcome.  Emily then told us what had happened.  The kids had all been playing in the house while the adults were in the backyard doing yoga.  Ivy got outside and into the pool without anyone's knowledge.  They had a heat cover on the pool but one side was pulled off, leaving a corner exposed.  She had fallen into the pool and drowned.  After her absence was noted, everyone started searching for her.  Darren found her, pulled her out of the pool and started CPR until the ambulance showed up.  At the hospital they worked for 45 minutes trying to revive her, but were unsuccessful.  This beautiful little angel had returned to her Heavenly Father.

We were shocked.  We sat on the couch and cried with the kids.  We held them and comforted them the best we could.  The kids were sad and worried about their parents.  They were scared that their Mom and Dad would never be happy again.  Remy, Nicole and Corey's 6 year old daughter, said that she  wanted to write a message to Ivy on a balloon and send it to heaven.   We thought that was an excellent idea.  So Becky, Easton,  and Laura went to the dollar store and got a bouquet of pink balloons and sharpies.  We each wrote little notes and messages  to Ivy and then went to the park across the street and sent them to heaven to Ivy.

It was truly a day of mourning.  This perfect little girl had gone home and our hearts ache in her absence.  We cried, hugged, and fought the feelings of shock and disbelief that this was really happening.