A young girl fell tragically to her injuries days after she and her three sisters were shot in the head by their mother in a horrible suicide.
Olivia Blackmer, 7, had fought for five days for her life in a Salt Lake City, Utah Hospital after her mother Troyelle Harshman, 32, opened fire in their house in Byron, Wyoming on 10 February.
She had called the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office that day around 1.30 pm to report the shooting, but did not admit to fire the weapon.
Instead, she just said that a shooting had taken place in her house and she thought all four of her children were dead.
Harshman also told a coordinator that two of her daughters could be found at the top of their cradle, while the other two were in a bedroom downstairs.
When delegates arrived later on the spot, they found two of the girls, a 2-year-old and a 9-year-old, identified in a fundraising such as Brailey Blackmer, death of Scot wounds.
Two other children, another 2-year-old and 7-year-old Olivia, also had shot wounds at the head, but still lived.
Harshman was also found in her bedroom with a shot wound at the head, but still lived when the police entered.
Olivia Blackmer, 7, collapsed on Saturday to her injuries in a Salt Lake City, Utah Hospital
She had fought for her life since her mother shot her and her sisters in their Byron, Wyoming Home on February 10
She succumbed to her injuries in a local hospital, and the surviving 2-year-old died short time later.
In the meantime, Olivia was flown to the primary children's hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she underwent brain surgery and spent days under heavy sedation to reduce swelling in her brain.
But her father, Quinn Blackmer, wrote on Thursday that Olivia's situation was rough when he encouraged everyone with 'a wrist' to argue to help her fight her.
“This is not a question, this is a requirement,” he posted on Facebook, according to Cowboy State Daily.
“We have no medical choices for her and we really need a miracle,” he said.
“Her brain continues to swell and then respond positively to the medication, but this is not the long term.”
Doctors could no longer consider an operation to remove part of her skull because there was too much pressure in her brain and it would be catastrophic, “Blackmer explained.
Wyomingites answered the call and organized candlelight vigils in the entire state on Friday to pray for the recovery of Olivia, Cowboy State Daily reports.
Troryelle Harshman, 32, called the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office on Monday around 1.30 pm to report the shooting, but did not admit that he had pulled the tractor over her four daughters
Officers came to the scene minutes later and came in to find two of the young girls, 2 and 9 years old, dead with shot wounds at their heads
An evangelical teacher in Uganda even organized a prayer service last week. Videos of that service showed dozens of children who pray for Olivia and sending messages from Love.
But tragically enough the young girl died in the hospital on Saturday.
'Olivia is now with her sisters. She got her angel wings yesterday at 3.49 pm. She fought so hard to the last minute, “wrote her stepmom Katelynn Blackmer in an update about an online fundraising to help with the medical costs of Olivia and the funeral of Brailey.
“Her body and her brain had experienced too much, helped medication, but we reached a point where medical options were exhausted and her body was only getting worse,” she explained, and noticed that Olivia “kept fighting until Her heart stopped.
'We are grateful that she is hanging as long as she did, so that we could have some valuable time with our sweet baby girl in the last five days.
Quinn Blackmer, the father of Olivia and the 9-year-old Brailey, begged for praying when Olivia stayed in the hospital and deteriorated her condition
“We want to thank you all for your prayers and support for our family,” she went on.
'We are in a rough place with the tragic death of both daughters. We took the time as a family to grieve and be in the moment before we let the world know, but wanted to let you all know because we are grateful for everything you did, “Katelynn, wrote almost $ 106,000 for The family.
“Olivia and Brailey know how loved they were through all of us!” She was on it.
“This becomes extremely difficult, keep our family in your prayers, while we find out how we can mourn this horrible tragedy from day to day.”
She concluded her post with a Bibleers: “I fought a good fight, I am done with my course, I have retained faith.”
Harshman's husband, Cliff, the biological father of the two younger girls, defended his wife as he encouraged the audience not to hurry
Quinn had said before that he was 'furious' about what happened.
“I do my best to bury that for a while and concentrate on the now, because that anger will not bring my child back,” he said.
But the husband of Harshman, Cliff – who was Brailey and Olivia from the moment they were two and four and was the biological father of the two younger girls, Brooke, who was almost three, and Jordan, two – defended his wife as he encouraged Not to hurry in the opinion.
He and the friends of Harshman said that she had mental health problems and had suffered from post-partum depression.
“People don't understand how mental illness is not just a willpower. They are chemical imbalances in your brain. They are damaged paths in your brain, “Cliff told KTVQ.
“She was an incredible mother and she loved those children,” he said about his wife.
Yet he admitted that he “is so angry with her for the decision that was made.”
An online fundraising has now been set up to help a widow husband, with more than $ 127,000 for him from Sunday.
“This devastating event has left Cliff and his loved ones in sorrow and struggling to process the immense emptiness in their lives,” says it.
“The financial burden of funeral costs, continuous family support and other related costs only contributes to their pain.”
