An Indiana girl died days after taking an opioid pill she found in a donated backpack.
The 18-month-old girl, Azana Trentman, was rushed to the hospital on Sept. 4 after her parents, Shayna Wood and Austen Trentman, called 911 saying their daughter was unresponsive after ingesting a then-unknown substance.
Azana’s parents, from Manchester, Indiana, had taken their daughter to a new thrift store in Dillsboro when her “world turned upside down,” according to a post shared on Facebook by the boy’s grandmother, Tawnya Wood, read.
“They were looking for items and Azana was playing with a backpack in the store. At one point, Azana found something in the backpack and ingested it,” the post continued.
Trentman, who was unsure of what his daughter had ingested, immediately acted to clean her mouth and make her vomit. He tasted the substance and noted that it “tasted sweet and had the consistency of melted candy.”
Azana Kay Grace Trentman died days after taking an opioid pill she found in a donated backpack
The 18-month-old girl was rushed to the hospital on Sept. 4 after her parents, Shayna Wood (left) and Austen Trentman (right), called 911 saying their daughter was unresponsive after ingesting a then-unknown substance.
Convinced that it was probably candy, the family left the store and continued on with their errands.
It wasn’t until her parents got home that they realized Azana needed immediate medical attention.
The girl was rushed to St. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital in Lawrenceburg, where she was stabilized for transfer to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the No. 1 children’s hospital, according to U.S. News & World Report.
“After many days of testing, we finally got devastating results,” the post shared on Sunday read.
The toxicology report indicated the substance was a fruit-flavored dissolvable Suboxone pill, a medication often used to treat opioid dependence.
It wasn’t until her parents got home that they realized Azana needed immediate medical attention.
Trentman, who was unsure of what his daughter had ingested, took immediate action to clean her mouth and induce vomiting. He tasted the substance and said it “tasted sweet and had the consistency of melted candy.”
“It breaks our hearts that Azana is suffering due to someone’s negligence in leaving such a dangerous item in a donated backpack,” Tawyna’s post reads.
“We are also concerned about the thrift store’s apparent failure to thoroughly inspect donated items before offering them for sale.”
TO GoFundMe The page created by a family friend reported that the boy was “still in critical condition in the children’s ICU” on September 7.
Azaña was declared brain dead the following day, Sunday.
On Tuesday, the page was updated to read: ‘Baby Azaña flew to heaven on the wings of angels, but not before giving the gift of life to other innocent lives praying for a miracle.
The girl was rushed to St. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital in Lawrenceburg, where she was later stabilized for transfer to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Following her untimely death, just two days before her pregnant mother’s birthday, the girl’s organs were donated, helping three families.
“Even if we do not understand it, and perhaps we will never understand it, God’s Will is perfect.”
After her death just two days before her pregnant mother’s birthday, the little girl’s organs were donated, helping three families. Her family says her favorite things were cats, horses and Cinderella.
A fundraiser for Azana and her family will be held on Sept. 14 at the couple’s favorite local thrift store — a different one from the one where Azana swallowed the pill.
Dearborn County authorities are still investigating the death of the 18-month-old boy as they await an autopsy report.
GoFundMe has raised $17,913 of its $10,000 goal.