9, of Baldwinsville, passed away Monday at University Hospital, Syracuse. She was born in Massena and has lived in Baldwinsville for the past five years where she was a student at Reynolds Elementary School. Survivors: her mother, Elisabeth Lane of Baldwinsville; maternal grandparents, Mary Anne Lane of Baldwinsville and John Lane of Syracuse; paternal grandparents, Sophia Dickinson of Syracuse and George Burns of Rochester; her aunts, Crystal Lane and Kelly Russo and uncle Benjamin Lane; several great-aunts and uncles and cousins
Contributions: Golisano Children's Hospital at University Hospital, C/O Eileen M. Pezzi, Vice President for Development, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York
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Brittany Burns, the 9-year-old quadriplegic whom family and volunteers had worked hard for months to bring home, died Monday
The cause of death is still unknown, her grandfather John Lane said. Her mother, Elisabeth Lane, found her looking blue before 8 a.m. Monday. Brittany was rushed to University Hospital "but it was too late," Lane said.
The Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office plans to perform an autopsy, John Lane said. Brittany's medical equipment was removed from her home on Fairway Circle in Van Buren to be inspected, as well. She used a ventilator to breathe.
Brittany returned home in late October after spending more than a year recuperating in hospitals. A 2005 car crash left her paralyzed from the neck down. Family, volunteers and contractors worked for months last year to make her home wheelchair accessible. They raised the floor of the living room and turned it into a bedroom and bathroom for her.
In a November interview, Brittany said she loved her brightly decorated room and was enjoying her reunion with family. She would have turned 10 on Feb. 14, John Lane said.
"Brittany never asked, 'Why me?' " her grandfather said. "She didn't whine about what had happened. She simply asked, 'Will I be like this the rest of my life,' and then looked forward."
While in Blythedale Children's Hospital in Westchester County, she completed third grade, learned to drive a motorized wheelchair with her mouth and began breathing for short intervals without the help of a ventilator.
"She looked forward to every day, every visit, every time she had a chance to do something, go somewhere, meet someone," her grandfather said. "She showed so much courage through this whole thing."
The fourth-grader was attending Reynolds Elementary School in the Baldwinsville district four days a week, Principal Steven Frey said.
Contributions: Golisano Children's Hospital at University Hospital, C/O Eileen M. Pezzi, Vice President for Development, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York
Newspaper Article Posted In Syracuse Post Standard :
Brittany Burns, the 9-year-old quadriplegic whom family and volunteers had worked hard for months to bring home, died Monday
The cause of death is still unknown, her grandfather John Lane said. Her mother, Elisabeth Lane, found her looking blue before 8 a.m. Monday. Brittany was rushed to University Hospital "but it was too late," Lane said.
The Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office plans to perform an autopsy, John Lane said. Brittany's medical equipment was removed from her home on Fairway Circle in Van Buren to be inspected, as well. She used a ventilator to breathe.
Brittany returned home in late October after spending more than a year recuperating in hospitals. A 2005 car crash left her paralyzed from the neck down. Family, volunteers and contractors worked for months last year to make her home wheelchair accessible. They raised the floor of the living room and turned it into a bedroom and bathroom for her.
In a November interview, Brittany said she loved her brightly decorated room and was enjoying her reunion with family. She would have turned 10 on Feb. 14, John Lane said.
"Brittany never asked, 'Why me?' " her grandfather said. "She didn't whine about what had happened. She simply asked, 'Will I be like this the rest of my life,' and then looked forward."
While in Blythedale Children's Hospital in Westchester County, she completed third grade, learned to drive a motorized wheelchair with her mouth and began breathing for short intervals without the help of a ventilator.
"She looked forward to every day, every visit, every time she had a chance to do something, go somewhere, meet someone," her grandfather said. "She showed so much courage through this whole thing."
The fourth-grader was attending Reynolds Elementary School in the Baldwinsville district four days a week, Principal Steven Frey said.
9, of Baldwinsville, passed away Monday at University Hospital, Syracuse. She was born in Massena and has lived in Baldwinsville for the past five years where she was a student at Reynolds Elementary School. Survivors: her mother, Elisabeth Lane of Baldwinsville; maternal grandparents, Mary Anne Lane of Baldwinsville and John Lane of Syracuse; paternal grandparents, Sophia Dickinson of Syracuse and George Burns of Rochester; her aunts, Crystal Lane and Kelly Russo and uncle Benjamin Lane; several great-aunts and uncles and cousins
Contributions: Golisano Children's Hospital at University Hospital, C/O Eileen M. Pezzi, Vice President for Development, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York
Newspaper Article Posted In Syracuse Post Standard :
Brittany Burns, the 9-year-old quadriplegic whom family and volunteers had worked hard for months to bring home, died Monday
The cause of death is still unknown, her grandfather John Lane said. Her mother, Elisabeth Lane, found her looking blue before 8 a.m. Monday. Brittany was rushed to University Hospital "but it was too late," Lane said.
The Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office plans to perform an autopsy, John Lane said. Brittany's medical equipment was removed from her home on Fairway Circle in Van Buren to be inspected, as well. She used a ventilator to breathe.
Brittany returned home in late October after spending more than a year recuperating in hospitals. A 2005 car crash left her paralyzed from the neck down. Family, volunteers and contractors worked for months last year to make her home wheelchair accessible. They raised the floor of the living room and turned it into a bedroom and bathroom for her.
In a November interview, Brittany said she loved her brightly decorated room and was enjoying her reunion with family. She would have turned 10 on Feb. 14, John Lane said.
"Brittany never asked, 'Why me?' " her grandfather said. "She didn't whine about what had happened. She simply asked, 'Will I be like this the rest of my life,' and then looked forward."
While in Blythedale Children's Hospital in Westchester County, she completed third grade, learned to drive a motorized wheelchair with her mouth and began breathing for short intervals without the help of a ventilator.
"She looked forward to every day, every visit, every time she had a chance to do something, go somewhere, meet someone," her grandfather said. "She showed so much courage through this whole thing."
The fourth-grader was attending Reynolds Elementary School in the Baldwinsville district four days a week, Principal Steven Frey said.
Contributions: Golisano Children's Hospital at University Hospital, C/O Eileen M. Pezzi, Vice President for Development, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York
Newspaper Article Posted In Syracuse Post Standard :
Brittany Burns, the 9-year-old quadriplegic whom family and volunteers had worked hard for months to bring home, died Monday
The cause of death is still unknown, her grandfather John Lane said. Her mother, Elisabeth Lane, found her looking blue before 8 a.m. Monday. Brittany was rushed to University Hospital "but it was too late," Lane said.
The Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office plans to perform an autopsy, John Lane said. Brittany's medical equipment was removed from her home on Fairway Circle in Van Buren to be inspected, as well. She used a ventilator to breathe.
Brittany returned home in late October after spending more than a year recuperating in hospitals. A 2005 car crash left her paralyzed from the neck down. Family, volunteers and contractors worked for months last year to make her home wheelchair accessible. They raised the floor of the living room and turned it into a bedroom and bathroom for her.
In a November interview, Brittany said she loved her brightly decorated room and was enjoying her reunion with family. She would have turned 10 on Feb. 14, John Lane said.
"Brittany never asked, 'Why me?' " her grandfather said. "She didn't whine about what had happened. She simply asked, 'Will I be like this the rest of my life,' and then looked forward."
While in Blythedale Children's Hospital in Westchester County, she completed third grade, learned to drive a motorized wheelchair with her mouth and began breathing for short intervals without the help of a ventilator.
"She looked forward to every day, every visit, every time she had a chance to do something, go somewhere, meet someone," her grandfather said. "She showed so much courage through this whole thing."
The fourth-grader was attending Reynolds Elementary School in the Baldwinsville district four days a week, Principal Steven Frey said.
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