(CNN) Zei Uwadia, a teenage girl who defied expectations by walking while on life support, has died, according to a Facebook post by her mother. The teen had returned home from Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City on January 31, the day before her 17th birthday, after spending 467 days hospitalized. Zei died "at home, in her bed, in my arms," her mother, Brie Kerschen, wrote on Facebook. Kerschen wrote that Zei had been struggling with fluid retention, breathing, and staying awake in the days leading up to her death. "We all cuddled in her bed for some time before her body left our home," Kerschen wrote.

Source: CNN February 14, 2019 07:50 UTC