Dead at 17

dear sunnflr, i am so sorry to hear such a tragic story. life is really unpredictable, i know, and these kinds of things can happen to anyone. i hope the family of the deceased will find peace and faith at their time of grief and loss. ur rite life is too short for someones love to go unheard of God bless

how tragic to lose someone at a young age. a young life ended just when it should have been taking off. i will remember the loved ones in prayer.

I am so sorry to hear about this tragic thing that has happened to the 17 year old. His family did the right thing in getting him some medication for his infected glass eye. They must have been worried to find out that he was not feeling well and see that he was acting so strange. It is so incredibly sad that the infection got into his brain and killed him. My older son is 13 and I just cannot imagine a situation like that. My 14 month son has been through two major operations in his life and I feel lucky that he is so well now. He still has Spina Bifida but otherwise he is developing skills quite well. Children are precious and no parent can imagine losing one of them so young. It must be shocking and I send my very best wishes to the 17 year olds family at this difficult time.

Oh my gosh, how sad. What a odd thing to happen and it happened so fast. You are so right, you just never do know when someone you love will go. I will keep this family in my thoughts and prayers. So sad.

This is a very trying time for everyone and we should all pray for that boy. At 17, which I remember, I, too, was the object of love and serious sickness and I saw how it affected my parents. Now that I'm 57 years old and over it all I can see the pain involved. My deepest sympathies to the family of that boy. I was just like him.

I am sorry to hear that..May his soul rest in piece..you are right we should love our nears and dears because we never know when something could happen..Its life.. Nyways takecare..

i guess your right..letting our loves one know how much we love them and treat each day as the last day of our life as well...i just cant help imagine that this boy is so young enough to depart from this world...

My condolences to your family friend. Sadly, most people do not understand that the eye is a direct conduit to the brain and these things can happen very rapidly. When I worked in the eye doctor's office, we often had to rush people to the hospital because they ahd put off seeing a doctor until the infection was almost unmanageable. Clearly, in your friend's case, they had seen the doctor and were being treated but these types of infections can literally go from nothing to deadly overnight. So sorry for their loss...

OMG, that's so horrible and heartbreaking! I can't even imagine what that poor family is going through. Why did he have a glass eye to begin with? Was it an accident or something? My prayers go out to this boy's family. Annie

I am sorry to hear about the passing of this young person. That is awful. They will be in my prayers. It is always hard when a loved one passes, but even more when they are so young. I hope that the family can somehow find peace.

The poor child must have had real bad headaches for the infection to spread to his brain. My sympathies to the bereaved family. Its really sad when things happen to children. I know when my son feels unwell, I go all hyper. It is a scary feeling and I only feel better when he is ok. I can understand the pain the parents must be enduring on losing a child. All the philosopy in the world cannot put balm on the pain o f losing a child. My heart goes out to them in their hour of grief.

There is something so unnatural and wrong about having to bury and mourn one's own child at any age. Too lose someone so suddenly and unexpectedly at age when they are about to start their own lives is doubly tragic. My heart goes out to this family and I suspect it wiil take some time to recover from such an unexpected loss.

Hi, I'm so sorry to hear about that, Though I don't have children, and now I'm son of my mother, I can understand you. yeeh, you are right, hug what you have now,and give the best wishes to the gone people.

That's truly tragic. I feel so awful for his family, and I'll definitely be thinking of them. I guess it's even more tragic because it all happened so fast and there was no true warning.

I am so sorry to hear this, I feel for all the people who knew him especially his family. That is really sad. I have a son that will be 17 tomorrow. I don't even know what I would do, that is the worst thing that could happen to a parent. A friend of my son's got hit by a train about 6 months ago. He was 16.

That is so sad. I am in tears right now thinking about it. If something happened to my son I dont think I would want to live. They must really, really be sad. it's always awful when something happens to a young person with their entire life ahead of them. I feel so sad for the parents of those kids in Iraq who are killed just doing their job. We are all sad for her loss.

Hi,sunnflr.I'm sorry to hear the story.A child only 17 really shouldn't die.She is too young and haven't experienced the all of the colorful life.Every time when I hear a story like this,I will be very sad and lost in deeply thinking.Why couldn't we pay attention to them earlier and if we did so we could have saved their valuable lives.Parents always put their attention on business and ignore their children.In fact we really should treasure eevey second we get together with our children.As you say:"You never know when something could happen."