It with a sorrowful and heavy heart I write this and bring you this news. I hadn’t update too much about Rachael for the past few days because she was getting better. She had brain function. She was moving. She was responding to her mother’s commands and everyone had hope that she would live, but the end is so much closer than we realize. 12 year-old Rachael’s was far too near and her family, friends, and other like me who didn’t know of Rachael until now, are grieving the loss of her. I hope it some comfort to her family and friends that she is no longer in pain. No longer unable to move as she normally did. She is no longer in this sinful world. She has gone on before us and is in peace.

THURSDAY, JULY 03, 2008 02:19 AM, CDT
Our sweet little girl Rachael Emily Kligmann died at 11:50 pm on July 2, 2008.

She is at home with the Lord and we are not. We don’t know how to go on. But we will find a way. We will somehow find a new way to do everything with a hole in our family, right in the middle.

Rachael died very peacefully and 2 someones tonight are in the middle or receiving lifesaving kidneys. I hope someday to know who they are.

We don’t know when a funeral will be yet.

We just want to finally sleep now that she is finally okay. We will face tomorrow when it comes.

I know her family’s hearts must just be aching right now, knowing they’ll never get to see her again. Never get to see her grow up and become the woman God made her to be. Please pray for them right now. Prayers for her parents, Pete & Corinne. Prayers for her 11 siblings, especially the young ones as they may not understand where she’s gone. Prayers for her older sister, Amanda, who was with her when the accident happened. Prayers for her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Pray for comfort. Pray for peace. Pray that they will all continue to to trust in Him. You’re welcome to go sign Rachael’s guestbook and leave your own words of comfort there.

grieving with you Kligmann family,

I don’t know if any of you have heard about the 12yo girl, Rachael Kligmann, who was hit by a car while riding her bicycle last week on June 19th. The injures of the accident her very damaging as Rachael’s brain is under a lot of pressure.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008 08:01 AM, CDT

Rachael has been stable through the night. She is maintaining her own blood pressure and has some evidence of brain stem function. Her CT scan yesterday showed several areas of damage in her brain stem so seeing any evidence of that is helpful. Her brain pressure did creep up last night and they gave her some more drugs to ring it back down. They also are trying to balance between warming her and cooling her.

They reduced the paralytic early this morning and are expecting that her brain pressure will increase a bit because of that but not too high or they will increase it again.

Racheal is one of a 12 and her family is really hurting right now. Her little siblings don’t understand what’s happened to her and her older ones do so they are having a hard time. Her parents, family, and friends are trusting in the Lord to pull her through. Reading through Rachael’s journal, written mostly by her mother, makes my heart just ache.

I can’t imagine what they’re going through right now, especially after reading this today:

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008 10:47 AM, CDT

The doctors are still holding out hope, however, it is unlikely for Rachael to make it through the night.

Please pray for them all right now. Take five minutes right now to just pray for Rachael’s healing and recovering.

Matthew 19:26
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Go here for future updates and more info on Rachael: My Journal.

Prayers,