A Little Girl Spends Two Days With Her Dead Mother
Life often presents its own strange tales, and some of them move us more than others. Imagine a three year-old girl living in a house alone for two days, with no one, except her dead mother. When hungry she ate cheese, some lasagna that was left over from her mother’s last meal, and drank milk. Besides her dead mother’s body, what gave her comfort was her favorite toy, a teddy bear named "Possum."
It happened in New Zealand, where the toddler lived with her mother Lauren Silbery, who was only 28. Authorities found little Shylah Silbery when the girl's uncle, Pete Silbery, alerted a friend who lived nearby. Pete had not spoken with Lauren in two days and was worried. The friend came to the house and could see the little girl inside the home, but not her mother. When Pete received that information, he called police.
When they arrived, the police instructed Shylah to drag a coffee table to the door and stand on it allowing her to reach the lock, saving them from breaking in. Shylah was hospitalized for several days as she recovered from dehydration and diaper rash.
Shylah has no idea of what she has lost. When her mother’s coffin was being lowered into the grave, she pointed at it and said, “'Mummy's in there.” Perhaps she will cry over it someday, but for now, she is stoic.
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