Baby Gia died at the age of three after battling cancer for more than two years.
Her mother, Larissa Sampson says the stress was unlike anything she has felt.
Md-44news but tonight -- there are others in isolation -- that are struggling with loss.
An owensboro woman dealing with the death of her child --- after a two year battle with cancer.
In a story you will only see on 44news --- report tyler druin -- talks to the local mother -- about living through the nightmare -- alone.
"this is one of her favorite two twos, toward the end of her life she really loved pippa pig this was her favorite gown and she loved elsaza" nats - "gia died august first, she spent two years of her life in the hospital, she was only 3 years old - just after gia's first birthday the vibrant toddler stopped walking out of nowhere-gia's presented with symptoms of hand foot and mouth disease - doctors misdiagnosed the little girl - "gia was diagnosed with lukekema at just 14 months old" nats - like gia - larissa sampson - had been living beside her daughter - inside hospitals rooms - in louisville and cincinnati- for the last two years - with covid19 restrictions - visitors were limited - adding stress on sampson - who had minimal help- - three hours from home - "my daughter was dying and then the pandemic hit and it was a different type of stress" at just three year olds baby gia was a princess in her own mind, she loved dressing up in these fairytale princess gowns that why her mother planned a true celebration of life" "i wanted something that would represent her, and having princess dresses and two twos as soon as you walked into the lobby was her" in the middle of a pandemic - gia's funeral as magical as a big screen movie - her brothers and sisters dressed as fairly tale characters - even those saying good bye - doing so in classic gia fashion - just how she'd like it - "happiness, even those she was sick with cancer - she was like a normal three year old" the single mother of four left her job, and the rest of her life behind spending nearly every moment - with the star of the show - "i don't know how to explain how much i love her, i don't think i could explain that properly" i love you nats -in owensboro tyler druin 44news in evansville - another grieving mother --- who releases balloons every year
Pandemic impacting children's mental health
The goal is to mix social interaction with education, outside of public or private school.
