Influencer Lauren Cummings Johnson’s Child Daughter Dies at 9-Months-Previous

• Influencer Lauren Cummings Johnson and her husband Wilson Johnson’s 9-month-old daughter Lily Ann has died
•  The toddler was born in 2024 with a situation that prompted her to be unable to interrupt down protein
• Lauren mentioned her toddler “was pure pleasure and sunshine” in a transferring social media tribute

Influencer Lauren Cummings Johnson and her husband Wilson Johnson are mourning the lack of their 9-month-old child daughter.

Lauren and Wilson introduced in an April 7 joint Instagram submit that their toddler, Lily Ann, died a day earlier.

“She was precisely 9 months previous, 9 months our lovely miracle, 9 months of a love, pleasure, and sunshine in our dwelling and hearts,” the couple wrote of their caption. “We’re so extremely grateful for the promise of Heaven and the hope now we have in our Heavenly Father.”

“His methods are greater and higher than ours, even after we don’t perceive it,” they continued. “He blessed us each single day for the previous 9 months and we’ll by no means be the identical.”

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Lauren and Wilson then described being Lily Ann’s dad and mom as “the distinction of our lifetime.” In addition they thanked their followers for constantly praying for his or her toddler since she was born on July 6, 2024.

The couple added that their daughter “was pure pleasure and sunshine,” making day by day that they had together with her a “blessing.”

Concluding their caption with a quote from pastor Tim Keller about life’s ups and downs, Lauren and Wilson wrote, “That’s what we’re in for, nothing much less.”

Alongside their heartfelt caption, the couple included numerous household snapshots, together with one of many dad and mom kissing Lily Ann’s head, and one other that confirmed the tot putting her fingers on Wilson’s lips.

The submit was set to the tune of CeCe Winans’ music “Come Jesus Come.”

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In a submit on her Instagram Tales, Lauren mentioned she’s discovering it “so onerous” to have interaction together with her followers following Lily Ann’s demise, as her daughter “liked” becoming a member of her in posts. 

The influencer added that she and Wilson have been “totally ready” after their daughter’s beginning that they’d possibly solely have a couple of weeks or a month as a household.

After asserting her being pregnant in January 2024, Lauren went on to doc the whole lot within the lead-up to Lily Ann’s beginning.

After Lily Ann was born, she was “admitted to the pediatric ICU 8 hours after discharge from the hospital,” Lauren revealed in an Instagram submit on the time, later describing her child lady as a “miracle” in a submit increasing on her well being.

“Lily Ann was born with a situation the place she can’t break down protein,” she wrote alongside a photograph of her daughter. “She is lacking a essential enzyme within the urea cycle.”

“Lily Ann was hospitalized for her first month of life which result in her first nasogastric(NG) tube,” the submit continued. “It was essential for her get a certain quantity of energy so her physique didn’t breakdown her personal muscle tissue for protein.”

“It allowed entry for speedy meals and medicines supply,” Lauren added. “After months of feeding remedy, she was nonetheless unable to take bottles by mouth, so that they moved ahead with a G-tube surgical procedure in December”

Earlier this month, Lauren shared new photographs of Lily Ann on Instagram, alongside an replace on the end result of the surgical procedure.

“Our angel lady 🤍 we couldn’t be extra in love or extra obsessed together with her!!” she wrote. “And for individuals who keep in mind how nervous I used to be about her gtube – it’s been superb and so life saving for us!!”

Lauren mentioned in an Instagram Tales submit that Lily Ann’s funeral has been scheduled for Monday, April 14, at a church in Nashville, Tenn.

An obituary states that the household has requested donations be made to 2 organizations that helped Lily Ann and her dad and mom: Alive Hospice and Vanderbilt Youngsters’s Hospital.