Priya Modi
Victoria, BC
Sherylin "Sherry" Barrett, 3, taken off of life support due to irreversible coma (ie brain death), miraculously revived in her mothers arms shortly after being euthanized yesterday evening at the Victoria General Hospital. Thursday, March 26 at approximately 10:25 am on Hillside Avenue, the girl was walking with her mother, Karen Barrett, at a crosswalk near the Hillside Shopping Centre when the 18 wheeler struck after a feeble attempt to swerve around them both. Mrs. Barrett had gotten away with only minor injuries, but the toddler faced severe head trauma and lied unconscious at the Victoria General Hospital for days. After being told there was no chance in their daughter waking up, the couple agreed on cutting her off . As Mrs.Barrett shared her last embrace with their cold, still, daughter, her dead pulse miraculously revived. Sources state that Sherry remains in a vegetable state, but otherwise is in stable condition. …show more content…
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