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Jessica Lynn Webb
December 4 1998 - January 7 2000
Daughter Of
Penny (Fausett) Webb
Granddaughter Of
Sharon "Ma Maw" & Bill "Pa Paw" Fausett
A beautiful little girl so full of life, curiosity, and love.
If you were around her 5 minutes you fell in love with her,
and she with you. Her life was very short but touch the
life and hearts of everyone who knew her.
Memories we will never forget.
We were truly.
Touch by an Angel
The Jessica Lynn Webb Story
As Told By Her Mother
Penny Webb
When Jessica was born she was of normal size and weight.
She was took approximately 2 weeks early due to problems
with my pregnancy. She was the most beautiful baby we had ever
seen. When she was 3 days old we found that she was allergic
to milk and also had a moderate reflux problem. Jessica was very
curious, alert, and active, she seem to notice things at a very
early age. In late March of 99 she was hospitalize for 3 days for
vomiting, diarrhea, and a high white blood cell count, test were
done for all kind of problems, they all were negative.
I went back to work and my mother and dad both retired kept
Jessica. She was playful, active, and developing very well she had
her favorite TV shows, toys, and songs. There were times when
she would have vomiting, diarrhea, and a high White blood cell
count for which there were no ideological explanation. This
would last 3 to 5 days then she would be ok. She loved the
outdoors my dad who she called Pa Paw would take her out
every day pull her in her wagon and go exploring, they would
find bugs, birds, butterflies, flowers, and things of beauty.
Jessica knew when it was time for mom and dad to come in
from work and would look for us. We live next door and before
bedtime my mom who she called Ma Maw would have to come
see her or she would not go to bed. We took her many places and
spent all our free time with her. Her birthday came December 4,
and she had a great time. Looking forward to Christmas everyone
was prepared early. In mid December Jessica had vomiting,
diarrhea, and a high white blood cell count, she was hospitalize
and test were done all of which were negative.
She progressively got worse and organs began to fail, she was
put on total life support the last 5 days. We were told every
organ in her body was not working
and there were no chance of survival.
We took Jessica off life support at 7:00 PM January 7, 2000.
She was pronounced dead immediately.
Most Christmas presents unopened, prayers unanswered the
way we wanted, and broken hearts that will never heal.
A autopsy was performed and a Mitochondrial Dysfunction
was found, of which we understand may have been genetic related.
They are about 800 cases of this particular kind world wide
each year, only about 200 survive the first year of life,
and only about 40 of them live to age 5 years or older.
For more information on mitochondrial disorders visit the link below.
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
Jessica at 2 weeks old with
"Ma Maw" & "Pa Paw"
Bereaved Parents
Of The USA
The Central Arkansas Chapter