Laura Lee Watts, a popular content creator on TikTok, has revealed that her 15-year-old daughter who had severe epilepsy suffered a fatal seizure this week.
On Tuesday, Laura - who is known on the platform for posting beauty reviews - uploaded a devastating video revealing that her eldest child, Savannah, passed away on Monday after a seizure.
"I cannot believe I'm making this video and I'm going to do my best to get through it," she said in the clip. "Most of you know I have three children, and my oldest is Savannah. She's 15 and she's epileptic."
"I know you guys would see her in my videos and hear me do story times with her. I know you guys really loved her, so I wanted to let you know that yesterday morning she had a fatal seizure and passed away," Laura added before breaking down in tears.
"She was the most beautiful child I've ever known with the most beautiful soul and the kindest heart," she added. "I don't know how I'm going to live without her. My baby."
The video has been watched over 32 million times, with followers taking to the comments to share their condolences.
One person penned: "My heart is breaking for you, I’m so sorry for your loss. No parent should ever."
Another wrote: "This breaks my heart no one ever deserve this pain. And I am so sorry for your loss. My prayers go out to you and your family."
A third added: "Oh my goodness. I’m so so sorry. You and your family will absolutely be in my prayers. She was so beautiful and kind. I love you guys."
August 2021 marked the first time that the mother of three spoke about Savannah's condition in a TikTok post. At the time, she revealed that her daughter had been diagnosed with epilepsy as a toddler.
"Savannah has a condition called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, which is a severe progressive form of epilepsy," she explained at the time. "I've known Savannah was epileptic since she was 3 or 4 years old but back then, she would just have absence seizures where she would space out for 10 or 15 seconds kind of like she was asleep. She used to have those hundreds of times a day."
Laura went on to say that her Savannah's condition would only deteriorate as she got older. She started having more grand mal seizures, which result in a loss of consciousness and severe muscle contractions.
"Her neurologist and I always hoped that she would just outgrow it as she went through puberty, but she did not. It actually just got a lot worse," she continued. "She has different types of seizures and it's really hard to control so you never know when she's gonna have a seizure. I'm constantly listening out for a weird noise or a drop. They're traumatizing."
Our thoughts are with Savannah's loved ones at this difficult time.
