Hannah's Story Cont.
Diana dropped Brody and Hannah off at the daycare provider’s around 10:30am that morning and went on her way to work. Thanksgiving was the next day so she was hoping to wrap up quite a bit of work so she could have time off to spend with the kids. Later that afternoon, around 4:15pm, Diana receives the first of many calls from the daycare provider. In the first call the daycare provider stated that Hannah had held her breath until she had passed out. Over the course of the next 15 or so minutes Diana and another family member received numerous calls from the day care provider. It quickly became very clear that Hannah was in a medical emergency. An ambulance was dispatched and Hannah was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
Diana rode in the ambulance and one of Hannah’s grandmothers followed in a car. At the hospital Diana and family members were advised that Hannah would need to be airlifted to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah and would need to be transported in a fixed wing aircraft that was being dispatched from Salt Lake City. The family was also advised by the doctor that Hannah’s injuries were not the result of an accident or holding her breath until she had passed out as told by the daycare provider.
Then came the doctor saying that Hannah needed a bolt put in her head to relieve the pressure being caused by the bleeding in her brain. Diana signed the paperwork for that. A short while later the doctor came back to advise Diana and the family that Hannah was dying. The only possible way to save her life was to do emergency surgery immediately. Diana signed the paperwork for the surgery.
As Hannah’s family sat waiting to hear from the doctor how the surgery was going, the police arrived and began questioning Diana along with one of Hannah’s grandmothers. It was in the middle of this questioning that the doctor came into the room where Diana and the grandmother were being questioned. He spoke the words that every parent dreads hearing, “I’m sorry…..” Hannah had died on the operating table.
That night at the hospital Hannah’s family was told that her body was now State’s evidence and that they could see her but they could not touch her or the bed that her body was in. Words cannot begin to describe the horror experienced that night by Hannah’s parents and extended family. Walking out of the hospital to the car to see Hannah’s car seat in the back seat drops you to your knees.
The police conducted a very thorough investigation of Hannah’s death. Evidence was sent to experts across the country. Interviews were conducted of everyone who had had contact with Hannah in the time prior to her death. All of the evidence stated that Hannah was shaken while in the care of the daycare provider. Given the extent of her injuries the experts all concurred that the injuries had to have occurred only in the time period she was in the daycare provider’s care.
Eventually the daycare provider pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. She spent 4 months in prison for the death of a 20 month old child.
Diana rode in the ambulance and one of Hannah’s grandmothers followed in a car. At the hospital Diana and family members were advised that Hannah would need to be airlifted to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah and would need to be transported in a fixed wing aircraft that was being dispatched from Salt Lake City. The family was also advised by the doctor that Hannah’s injuries were not the result of an accident or holding her breath until she had passed out as told by the daycare provider.
Then came the doctor saying that Hannah needed a bolt put in her head to relieve the pressure being caused by the bleeding in her brain. Diana signed the paperwork for that. A short while later the doctor came back to advise Diana and the family that Hannah was dying. The only possible way to save her life was to do emergency surgery immediately. Diana signed the paperwork for the surgery.
As Hannah’s family sat waiting to hear from the doctor how the surgery was going, the police arrived and began questioning Diana along with one of Hannah’s grandmothers. It was in the middle of this questioning that the doctor came into the room where Diana and the grandmother were being questioned. He spoke the words that every parent dreads hearing, “I’m sorry…..” Hannah had died on the operating table.
That night at the hospital Hannah’s family was told that her body was now State’s evidence and that they could see her but they could not touch her or the bed that her body was in. Words cannot begin to describe the horror experienced that night by Hannah’s parents and extended family. Walking out of the hospital to the car to see Hannah’s car seat in the back seat drops you to your knees.
The police conducted a very thorough investigation of Hannah’s death. Evidence was sent to experts across the country. Interviews were conducted of everyone who had had contact with Hannah in the time prior to her death. All of the evidence stated that Hannah was shaken while in the care of the daycare provider. Given the extent of her injuries the experts all concurred that the injuries had to have occurred only in the time period she was in the daycare provider’s care.
Eventually the daycare provider pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. She spent 4 months in prison for the death of a 20 month old child.