Granddaughter's hair changed color before death -- why?
I was reading the article about older gray-haired people with their hair returning to their youthful color in a short period. Last Sat. Nov. 10, 2012, my eight and a half year old granddaughter who was a special needs child suddenly passed away apparently from sudden onset of high carbon dioxide. Her chromosome disorder included low muscle tone and a tendency toward pneumonia. She was very blonde. Monday morning when the funeral director whom I spoke with first saw her, her hair was light brown. I have not yet talked with the person who picked her up from the hospital and did the embalming. I have wondered why her hair got darker in just 2 days. I don't know what meds she was on. She was getting regular breathing treatments with albuterol. In fact she was getting a treatment at the time she suddenly went down and was rushed to a nearby hospital. She was also on an antibiotic for a urinary tract infection. Maybe the hair change was a combination of the chemicals as well as the carbon dioxide. Would appreciate any insight.