Mother of dog attack victim pronounced brain dead

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Tracy Fain suffered a brain aneurysm and stroke last week. Sadly, she's now been declared brain dead. Her son, Ethan, was brutally attacked by two dogs on Christmas Eve. He was at the doctor getting his stitches out after a recent reconstructive surgery when his mother collapsed.

"I said ‘Here I am. I'm old, lived my life. Why couldn't I have went instead of her?’" Fain's mother Sandra Moore said.

Moore is heartbroken. Her world shattered into a million pieces the day she lost her daughter.

"I've just been so upset over it. I'm just about to give up myself," said Moore.

Just eight months ago, Fain's 7-year-old son was severely injured when he was mauled by a neighbor's dogs. He lost an ear in the attack.

Then, on August 7, Fain was at a post-op appointment with Ethan at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Egleston campus when she collapsed, suffering a brain aneurysm and massive stroke.

Family members clung to hope that Fain would make a full recovery, but she took a turn for the worse over the weekend. Moore was called to the hospital. She pleaded with her child to keep fighting.

"I just told her that she had to fight harder. That that baby needed her, how much I loved her, and how much we all needed her," said Moore.

Moore prayed for a miracle.

"I prayed all day going to the hospital, the day they said her brain started swelling again. I prayed all day, but it didn't work. It's in God's hands," said Moore. "I just wonder why? Just like my grandson, I wonder why never have the answers."

On Tuesday, doctors declared the wife and mother of two brain dead, a devastating blow for the family, coming just months after Ethan's incident and the sudden death of Fain's nephew in July.

"It's just unreal," said Moore. "I know I just don't know how much more we can take."

Anyone who wants to donate to the family's online account at https://www.gofundme.com/496vn2w.