Stories of Lost Children
Chavelita, My Angel
by Heather Bautista, Norwalk, WI, U.S.A.
ISABELL Y. BAUTISTA, this was my daughter. She was very much loved by her family. She was born on June 16, 2002. She was the best baby that you ever known. She hardly ever cried at all and was always full of smiles for everyone. She had black soft hair and these huge eyes that would just make you melt. But most of all she had this huge smile that would light up an entire room. We didn`t even know that she was sick. She had a cold that past week but not that bad that would cause concern. I went to work that morning and my husband had laid her down for a nap. When he went to go wake her up she wouldn`t wake up. My husband called me at work and said that our little girl wouldn`t wake up. I ran out of work and sped all the way home in the car. When I got there it must have been too late. She wasn`t breathing and was blue. I called an ambulance and finally a cop got there. I ran out on the porch with my daughter in my arms screaming "please don`t take my baby God". The cop showed up with a cold look on his face and just stood there waiting for the ambulance. They finally came and went to the E.R. The room was so full of DR.S and they told me to wait outside. Finally a doctor came and asked if I wanted to go in. I went in and she had tubes in her mouth and all over. I stood by her side and rubbed her hand and chest saying "come on baby you can do it, breathe". The doctors all looked at each other and said "there`s nothing else that we could do". My heart fell to the floor seeing my baby laying on this table, lifeless. I kept thinking that I was going home to my other 2 children without their baby sister. This was the type of thing that you see on T.V; this type of thing doesn't happen to "us" people. But it did and my little "Chavelita" is not here with us today. She is so very missed by her mommy and daddy and brother and sister. Along with Grandmas and Grandpas. She is in my heart and the first thing on my mind in the day. I like to think that she is watching over us each and every day with her new set of angel wings bright and shining just as she was.
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