Three year old Elsie Mahe tragically lost her life earlier this week after she accidentally hung herself with the cord from a mini-blind. Elsie was the daughter of Reno Mahe, who spent five years with the Philadelphia Eagles and is currently a running backs coach at Brigham Young University.
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This is such a sad story. It’s hard to not have the eyes water up as you read about it. Elsie was playing with the mini-blinds when somehow the cords became entangled and wrapped around her neck. She was actually discovered by a four year old friend who alerted Elsie’s mother, Sunny.
She performed CPR and Elsie was life-flighted to a Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. While there was initial optimism she might recover, Elsie’s condition worsened earlier this week and she wound up passing away on Tuesday.
“I had hoped that these miracles would preclude the miracle of Elsie’s life being preserved. But her brain is only functioning enough to give her body oxygen and perform very basic functions and those have begun to decline as well,” the family said in a statement.
Elsie’s mom also shared the following post on Facebook.
Our Elsie girl has officially been released to heaven – at least from a worldly, paperwork stand point. Her second neurological death exam was also positive for brain death.
We feel peace and we are again so grateful for the privilege of being Elsie’s parents. She continues to sprinkle love and hope across the world and I am in awe of the Lord and His marvelous plan for my sweet girl.
We will be working closely with the donation team for the next couple of days, so we have a few days to postpone making funeral plans. But as those dates and decisions are made, we will keep you informed.
Elsie Mahe was one of seven children. During last Saturday’s regular season finale, several BYU players, including punter Jonny Linehan and running back Jamaal Williams, wore pink to honor Elsie Mahe with her favorite color. Williams also gave Reno Mahe the game ball following the 28-10 win against rival Utah State.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the entire Mahe family in this very difficult time.
