Little Girl Goes Blue And Starts Spitting Blood, Tragically Dies A Few Hours Later In ER

Sep 25, 2018 by apost team

2-year old Brianna Florer is gone too soon. Tragically, she celebrated her final Christmas with loving family members in December of 2015, and it is their hope that by sharing her story, other children can be saved from the same unfortunate fate that she suffered.

Kent Vice, Brianna's grandfather, lovingly took her into his care when her parents, Brian and Stephanie Florer, had to return to work shortly after she was born. The two had an unseparable bond, one that he will longingly and tearfully remember every time he tells the tragic story of her demise.

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Vice shares the story of that final Christmas, when a small button battery changed the course of family history. Brianna had been running a low grade fever for days, and the family didn't think much of it, as it was the season for cold and flu for many children. Mom, Dad, and Grandpa kept a watchful eye on her as the situation went from bad to worse. Her low grade fever turned into a medical emergency as Brianna's face turned blue, and she began vomiting blood.

Desperate for answers, the family rushed her to the nearest emergency room, where they received the grim news that emergency surgery would not help her. Doctors were unable to stop the profuse bleeding in her tiny esophagus. During their medical intervention, doctors discovered that somehow, Brianna had swallowed a small button battery, and it was estimated that it had been in her body for six days.

"One minute she was fine, the next minute she is dead.", Vice said. "We had no idea when she really swallowed it." The heartbroken Florer family spent the new year holiday preparing to bury their sweet baby. Hereafter, Christmastime will be a bittersweet reminder of the happy, bubbly toddler that delighted in opening packages and ogling ornaments and tree lights.

While Christmas time includes finding new toys under the tree, utmost caution must be exercised when managing toys with batteries. The Florer family advises keeping small toys parts--especially small batteries, away from children, and ideally out of your house. Vice was overcome with emotion when speaking about the little angel that he had known since birth. "She was my angel", he expressed tearfully. 

Brianna's family is now working to spread awareness of the dangers of button batteries. It is their hope that by sharing their tragedy, their story, it can save the lives of other children like their sweet daughter. Pass this on to your friends and loved ones.