The 5-year-old girl who inspired a global campaign to celebrate her birthday has died

In December, the little Delaney Krings She had expressed a last wish: to celebrate her 5th birthday, suffering from terminal cancer, the girl’s story went viral and she received gifts and greetings from all over the world. Delaney’s mother has confirmed in the last few hours that the girl has passed away, just 12 weeks after her diagnosis.

Delaney, of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma, an incurable pediatric brain tumorin October 2022 and was given six to eight weeks to live.

He finally died on Saturday 28. On December 16 he had turned 5 years old.

“Our sweet angel has earned her wings,” wrote the mother.

She said the family has received an outpouring of love in recent days and urged others to “repay a little kindness” on her daughter’s behalf.

Thousands of people around the world responded to the heartbreaking story last year, sending postcards celebrating Delaney’s fifth birthday and holding a parade in his hometown in his honor.

“There is no way to help her open thousands of cards a day. We take a handful and open them for her. The ones that play are her favorites,” her mother had said about the postcards the girl had received in December 2022.

“How do you tell a 4-year-old that he’s going to die in a month? How do you tell him? You can’t,” Krings said before the sad finale. “She knows a lot of people send her birthday cards because it’s going to be a special birthday.”

“I was left with her smile, her laughter, her love, just her sweet personality, witty replies and terrible jokes,” said the mother of the deceased girl.

On Monday, Heather Krings shared an update on the minor’s diagnosis, indicating a worsening condition.

“As much as I try to keep my cool, there are more and more moments of unstoppable tears, rage at the universe, and just plain helplessness.”

“We do everything we can to keep her as comfortable and pain-free as possible. Medications, 24-hour monitoring, making sure she’s warm and wrapped in clean diapers and the softest blankets and pillows possible.”

“Every time she’s awake, which happens less and less often, we make sure she sees our faces and hear us as we gently tell you how much we love you. He occasionally points his finger at us, waves at us, or clicks his tongue to let us know his preferences,” she wrote in the post.

And he adds: “You don’t deserve this luck in life. She was the simplest child, the sweetest girl, the most loving, energetic and curious. You have brought so much love and happiness into this world and have had such a positive impact on so many people.

“Seeing her slowly walk away from us in a body that defies the light of her soul is devastating. The only consolation we have left is that we’re doing everything we can so that she doesn’t suffer, surrounded by the heat and love, despite the evil that tears it from us”.

The message ended: ‘Embrace your people, love your people. Tomorrow is never guaranteed.”