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April 14, 2012

Dear Shannon,

from our Ella Grace (McFarlane) to you (and your Ella Grace), may your little girl be well-remembered. I found her searching for others sharing the two names and this touches my heart. Ours is a character... and yeah you can tell right away. I think most moms can. I'll try to raise my girl with some extra love, and I'll think of your girl often, as I have done since I first read her story on forevermissed. God Bless you Shannon and I'm sure your babe watches over in some capacity. Sounds like a heavy funeral. I like "Here Comes the Sun" which was played at a very very dear uncle of mine's funeral recently. He was no baby mind you, but he was taken young. 

Anyway, I don't want to dredge up any pain, but I did want to share. Have for some time.

Much Love,
Ben, Melanie, Ella McFarlane 

Things about Ella.

October 24, 2010

- When she was born she had the biggest blue eyes

-Weighed 2.3 kilos or 5 pound 5

-She had big feet for such a little baby

-She had lots of dark brown hair

-When she was well she had her daddys olive skin

-She used to clasp your finger really tight

-She loved her dummy and the doctors used to call her maggie simpson

-When i went out to express in the middle of the night she would be surround by nurses just playing with ella

- She smiled a few times and it wasnt gas!

-She knew mummy and daddys voices

-When she was well and extubated she used to throw tantrums and me and gav would sit with her for hours to calm her down

-She was very touchy and the slightest loud noise or touch would make her O2 Stats drop and her heart rate rise

-She hated getting x-rayed

- She was out of it on numerous drugs for the last 4 weeks of her life. and was paralized for 3 of them.

- She liked to lay with her arms above her head like mummy.

-She was a little version of her daddy

- She was definently going to be a character

- When she died she had only put on 200grams in the 7 weeks of her life

- She never got to drink milk and she was only substituted with nutrients

-There were days when she was so swollen she was un-recognisable

- A week before she died, when she opened her eyes for the first time in 3 weeks, Her eyes were dark brown, just like daddy

- She was baptised

- She was a fighter and lived alot longer then everyone expected.

-She is buried in the "avenue of rainbows" at Bunrong Cemetary, Melbourne, Aust.

- Songs played at her funeral were: Calling all angels (train), My heart will go on (celine dion), Tear in Heaven (eric clapton), Somewhere over a rainbow and when daddy and grandad carried her out to rest, billy joels Lullabye.

-Not a moment goes by when my head wont be flood with her memories

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