RIP Julia

I used to hardly notice the approaching of the flu season.  Now I am terrified.  In previous years I couldn't be bothered to get the flu shot.  Now I run out to get the entire family vaccinated immediately.  I used to associate the notion of people dying from the flu to centuries past, or to the unlucky few in developing nations.

Now as the weather cools, I fear everyday, not only for Niko, but for all her I-Cell brothers and sisters.

We lost another I-Cell angel today, Julia.  I don't know if her passing was due to a particular illness or simply from the disease wearing on her frail body.  Although she had been trached for a few years, she recently was unable to process the carbon dioxide out of her lungs.  This poor girl also suffered from PTSD from the long years that she had to battle this disease.  

I'm not sure how old she was, but I think that she was around 11 years old, the oldest I-Cell child I've known.  

This is a very old photo of her shared on facebook.

Rest in peace sweet angel.