Bella Thompson, better known on TikTok as Bella Brave, passed away at the age of ten. On July 15, 2024, her distraught mother Kyla Thomson posted an update on TikTok.
he post featured a video of Bella spinning around while Loren Allred’s song “Never Enough” played in the background.
Our courageous girl departed from this life to dance on streets of gold on July 14, 2024, at 4:19 p.m. ET. Bella died quietly in our arms, according to the post.
The mother pleaded with others to preserve her memories.
“Please keep her name on your lips, her memories alive and her bravery in your hearts. Please share with us every detail of how she touched your life or kept you brave,” the post continued. “Bella would want you to remember; God is love, be brave and you are never too old to bring a stuffy. 🧸.”
Bella’s supporters gathered in the comments.
One user said, “We love u bella brave 💗 always in our hearts.”
“I just came for an update only to be heart broken. im So sorry Bella Brave. I saw you as a Disney Princess,” another supporter wrote. “May you be an Angel protect the people who loved you during your lifetime.”
Kyla shared a statement to People.
“Everything is hard without her. Please help me let the world know I need them to share with us how Bella touched their lives, helped them or how she lives on in their hearts & lives,” Bella’s mom shared. “Don’t ever stop sharing her love and light. Don’t let her memory ever fade. Continue to be brave, be closer to God and love each other fiercely, for her. Though she be but little, she is fierce.”
Bella’s parents’ documentation of her health issues caused her to go viral.
Bella suffered from severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID, in addition to Hirschsprung’s disease, an uncommon and potentially fatal intestinal disorder.
Her parents made the decision to capture her upbeat demeanor while she overcame health issues, which ultimately brought her a lot of support from people all around the world.
People interviewed Kyla as well on July 11, 2024.
Days before her daughter passed away, Kyla told the magazine that Bella had difficulties from a viral infection in her lungs, which led to her being put in a medically induced coma.
We are devastated for Bella. At the time, Kyla stated, “We are, of course, gutted for Bella. Her bowel transplant last August was supposed to be the last medical trauma she would ever have to endure,” Kyla said then. “We are not out of the woods.”
Bella gave an account of her pre-death perception of heaven.
People have asked Bella about her ideas about heaven before she passed away. “Heaven has a lot of clouds, a big castle built of clouds. God would be there,” she said at the time.
“She was fearless,” Kyla said. “What ever she faced I never saw fear in her. She taught me bravery.“