Lacie Michelle Simmons ¹

  General Notes:

Lacie died of a staph infection she got when she was hospitalized for back surgery to fuse some discs.

Deadly germs take grim toll in hospitals
Star-Telegram 3-4-07 JAN JARVIS
Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:18:03 AM by Dysart

The week before Christmas was filled with excitement for 6 year old Macenzie and her mother, Lacie Simmons. They decorated the tree, shopped and put an inflatable snow globe in the yard. The festive mood ended abruptly Dec. 20 when Simmons collapsed in the hallway of her parents' Grand Prairie home. When the EMTs arrived, Macenzie clung to her mother. "I just need to take care of my mom," she repeated as she patted her mother's arm. It was the last time she saw her mother alive.

"Her blood pressure bottomed out, her heart failed and that was it," said Lacie's mother, Renee Simmons. Within 26 hours, Lacie Simmons was dead. A preliminary autopsy showed that an infection killed her. Back surgery three weeks earlier had hardly slowed the single mother. But her parents believe she picked up the infection after surgery to fuse two discs in her spine.

Anyone who goes into the hospital could end up the same way as Lacie, who was just 28 and healthy, Simmons said. "It's a crapshoot," she said. ¹

Lacie had a relationship with someone.