A week earlier, Elsie was playing with a friend when the incident happened, according to a Facebook page created in support of the Mahe family by one of their neighbors. Her friend ran and told Elsie's mom, Sunny, who immediately started CPR. A family friend started a GoFundMe page , which also included updates on Elsie's condition. While the swelling in her brain reduced, they discovered she had also contracted an unspecified illness and was experiencing seizures. The results from her MRI indicated that her "upper lobes went without oxygen long enough to be devastated," according to an earlier update from the family.

Source: CNN December 01, 2016 16:13 UTC