Maisie Schmidt Death, Obituary Unavailable – Almost every day, 4-year-old Maisie Schmidt in Strongsville would sing along to Taylor Swift, her favorite artist. Maisie sang along to the singer’s Era’s Tour on the TV using a toy microphone. “While watching the Eras Tour, she looked at her mom and said, ‘I’m going to be famous like her someday,’” recalled her father, Patric Schmidt. Maisie loved singing, dancing, swimming, roller skating, and playing with her 8-year-old brother Canaan.
“From the start, she’s been very empathetic, very loving, very caring,” Patric added. Her parents observed she was sick often from an early age. Patric remembered taking her to numerous doctors from when she was a year and a half old to diagnose her. “She got sick. It was unusual for her. We would take her outdoors and she would run for five minutes, breathing heavily and red in the face. It didn’t seem typical for other kids her age.
So we always took her in, he replied. She was on and off amoxicillin for her illnesses, but they always sent us home and said ‘there’s nothing wrong with her.’ Since she was showing indicators, mom and I thought differently.” “They didn’t listen to me at all,” claimed her mother Christian Brigadier. “She was sick all the time; I have so many notes in my phone trying to figure it out, but we never did. I wish we had.”
Maisie’s parents took her to urgent care last week for a cold. She returned home after testing negative for strep, which her brother had. Parents took her to the ER the next day when she woke up with a terrible cough. Patric says she became worse, vomiting in the ER and needing oxygen. She was intubated and placed on ECMO at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.
We hoped for the best. We kept saying she’d get better, Patric said. On Tuesday, Maisie died. Patric reported she had a cold-like Human Metapneumovirus. She had staph, pneumonia, and a stroke in the hospital. Patric stated, “The way the doctors put it, this is very, very rare for this to happen.” “Such a sweet angel,” grandmother Tina McConnaughy remarked. “It’s hard to believe someone is taken so fast.”
Maisie’s parents are sharing their experience to encourage other families to advocate for their children, especially in health problems, and to treasure their time together. Take no minute for granted. I’ve gotten mad at my kids a lot, so having this be her last chapter is unfair. Take nothing for granted. Patric stated if you’re upset with your kids, it’s not serious. “You don’t want to sit next to me today.” The absence of health information regarding their daughter frustrated both parents. No one knows your kids better than you. Keep an eye on them, Patric said. The family will undergo genetic testing to find answers.
