Mother posts heartbreaking tribute to two-year-old daughter who drowned in pool while family was celebrating her birthday

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  • Violet Mae Satterfield snuck into nan excavation astatine her day statement connected July 1 

By Melissa Koenig For Dailymail.Com

Published: 19:05 EDT, 9 July 2024 | Updated: 19:14 EDT, 9 July 2024

An Alabama mother has posted a heartbreaking tribute to her two-year-old daughter, who drowned successful nan family's excavation while they were celebrating her birthday.

'Sleep saccharine my beautiful angel,' Rebekah Satterfield, nan mother of Violet Mae Satterfield, wrote connected Monday arsenic she officially announced her daughter's passing.

'We only had 2 years pinch you, but they were filled pinch nan happiest moments of my life,' she continued.

'I will transportation you pinch maine successful my veins until nan time I spot you again, my love.' 

Violet had snuck into nan excavation astatine her day statement connected July 1 without her flotation devices on, and was later recovered by her parents 'blue pinch nary pulse,' her mother wrote connected Facebook astatine nan time.

Violet Mae Satterfield, 2, snuck into nan excavation astatine her day statement connected July 1 without her flotation devices on 

Her mother, Rebekah Satterfield, right, posted a heartbreaking tribute to nan young woman connected Monday arsenic she announced Violet's passing

She was past rushed to a section infirmary and airlifted to Children's Hospital of Alabama successful Birmingham, wherever she was put successful a hypothermic slumber to thief heal her brain.

As she laid successful nan infirmary for astir a week, donations poured successful to an online fundraiser to thief nan family pinch nan young girl's aesculapian expenses. It had netted much than $30,000.

But connected Sunday, Satterfield wrote that Violet had 2 encephalon decease exams, neither of which showed promising results.

'I cannot convey each of her dream warriors capable for keeping her sanction risen these past fewer horrible days,' she said, noting:  'We are taking this clip arsenic a family to opportunity goodbye.

'I'm truthful sorry to beryllium delivering specified bad news aft each of nan uplifting words you each person poured complete us.'

As Violet laid successful nan hospital, donations poured successful to thief nan family pinch her aesculapian expenses

Violet's organs will now beryllium donated, Satterfield said, 'as we want to springiness personification other a chance astatine redeeming their baby.'

According to Alabama's Legacy of Hope, Violet could prevention up to 8 lives, WAFF reports. 

The family has not yet announced plans for nan young girl's ceremonial owed to nan aid waiting period, but Satterfield has asked that it beryllium filled pinch purple.

'Wear purple for my babe while we observe her short life,' she wrote successful nan station Monday. 'Daddy and I emotion you truthful much, Violet.

'Until we meet again.' 

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