The 3-year-old daughter of “Hamilton” Chicago star Miguel Cervantes has died after an extended battle with epilepsy.
Adelaide Cervantes handed away in house hospice care Saturday morning, it was confirmed by her mother Kelly Cervantes by way of social media.
“She went peacefully in my arms, surrounded by love,” Kelly Cervantes tweeted Sunday.
The machines are off. Her mattress is empty. The quiet is deafening. Adelaide left us early Saturday. She went peacefully in my arms, surrounded by love. Finally, she is free from ache + seizures however leaves our hearts shattered. We love you a lot Adelaideybug and without end after pic.twitter.com/bf46YCODM7
— Kelly Cervantes (@KellyGC411) October 13, 2019
An announcement from Miguel Cervantes launched Sunday learn:“The Cervantes family is heartbroken to announce that their baby girl Adelaide Grace passed early Saturday morning. She was held in the loving arms of her family as she peacefully achieved the “calm” for which they’ve been looking for so lengthy. They want to lengthen their deepest, heartfelt gratitude to all who’ve reached out with phrases of assist and prayer and can proceed to really feel all of the love as they undergo this troublesome time. Details for a celebration of Adelaide’s life can be coming quickly.”
In her Inchstones weblog posts, Kelly Cervantes chronicled the lifetime of Adelaide, who struggled with epilepsy since she was 9 months previous and recognized with a extreme and incurable type of epilepsy often called Infantile Spasms (IS).
“No child or family should have to go through this, but they do, and we are,” Kelly Cervantes wrote on her weblog October 4. “That said, we feel so fortunate to be surrounded by such a compassionate community that has gone out of their way to let us know they are thinking of us as we journey down this hospice path.”
The couple, who’re additionally mother and father to 6-year-old Jackson, has been very outspoken about epilepsy over the course of the previous three years, most notably by CURE (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy), which raises funds for analysis right into a treatment for the devastating sickness.
On its Website Sunday, CURE posted a press release: “During this heartbreaking time, our thoughts are with the Cervantes family. We’ll continue to propel science forward in honor of Adelaide and all those who have lost the fight against epilepsy.”
“Living with epilepsy sucks,” Kelly advised People journal final yr. “But maybe 10 or 20 years from now there won’t be another family like ours in the hospital with a doctor coming up to them saying, ‘Your child has epilepsy, and we’ll start throwing darts at a board to see what sticks.’ There’s only so much we can do for Adelaide on any given day. But there’s a lot we can do to help spread the word.”