He shouted to Mia-Ann to double-check she was okay, but there was no response.

When Ward rushed upstairs to check on the girl, he found her partially submerged in the water.

Immediately, he called for Mia-Anns mother before scooping the nine-year-old out of the tub and startingCPR.

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He called operators, who gave resuscitation instructions while they dispatchedparamedics.

To me, that is still immersion.

One cannot ignore that water played a part.

9YO Tragically Drowned In Bath After Mom Went To Get Her Favorite Toy, Inquiry Reveals

I can put it as the death is a consequence of immersion in a child with PCDH-19 related epilepsy.

She said there hadnt been any alarming issues with the little girlsepilepsy.

Mia-Ann also hadnt suffered a seizure for two years leading up to her death and properly took her medicine.

9YO Tragically Drowned In Bath After Mom Went To Get Her Favorite Toy, Inquiry Reveals

9YO Tragically Drowned In Bath After Mom Went To Get Her Favorite Toy, Inquiry Reveals

9YO Tragically Drowned In Bath After Mom Went To Get Her Favorite Toy, Inquiry Reveals