Tri-Valley mom seeks to support families after baby daughter’s death
More than a year after the death of her only child who succumbed with a critical illness while hospitalized as an infant last year, Danville resident Blair Patzner is seeking to aid other families in the Bay Area who find themselves in the same position she and husband Brett were in during their daughter Chloe’s short lifespan.
Danville residents Blair and Brett Patzner lost their first and only daughter Chloe Patzner following a terminal diagnosis at Stanford Children’s Hospital last year, with Blair Patzner now seeking to support other families with critically ill children in that region as a volunteer with There with Care. (Contributed photo)
More than a year after the death of her only child who succumbed with a critical illness while hospitalized as an infant last year, Danville resident Blair Patzner is seeking to aid other families in the Bay Area who find themselves in the same position she and husband Brett were in during their daughter Chloe’s short lifespan.
The Patzners became first-time parents on Dec. 29, 2021 with the birth of their daughter, and were eager to bring her home and kick off their lives as a family of three. But Chloe experienced medical complications early.
“She was fine except for she needed a surgery on her jaw, so we were told this because we noticed she was having these little quick dips in oxygen and then she’d go back up,” Blair Patzner told the Weekly. “They had an expert come look and they were like ‘it’s no big deal; it happens when they’re six to eight weeks in the womb forming.'”
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Danville residents Blair and Brett Patzner lost their first and only daughter Chloe Patzner following a terminal diagnosis at Stanford Children’s Hospital last year, with Blair Patzner now seeking to support other families with critically ill children in that region as a volunteer with There with Care. (Contributed photo)