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Elsie Mahe's health continues to slip; family says her organs will be donated to save the lives of others

PROVO — Elsie Mahe's condition has worsened.

Elsie Mahe, the 3-year-old daughter of BYU running backs coach Reno Mahe, was admitted to Primary Children's Hospital on Tuesday after becoming entangled in a mini-blind cord and has been in treatment since. On a GoFundMe account established by family friend Jeremy Roberts, the Mahes updated the condition of their daughter Sunday.

"I had hoped that these miracles would preclude the miracle of Elsie's life being preserved. But her brain is only functioning enough to give her body oxygen and perform very basic functions and those have begun to decline as well," the statement said.