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" Toddler\u00A0Brier Ineichen, of Maryville, TN, is lucky to be alive after she was discovered\u00A0living alone for days.\u00A0      The little girl was under the care of her grandmother,\u00A0Annette Ineichen, while her mother,\u00A0Tracy Ineichen is in jail. Tracy normally gets updates\u00A0on her daughter from her mother, but didn&amp;#039;t hear from her for a week. Concerned, Tracy called family friend\u00A0Anthony Waldo to check on them.\u00A0 A grim sight was waiting for Waldo when he arrived at the home. Instructed from Tracy to &amp;quot;break down the door&amp;quot; if no one answered, he found\u00A0Brier alone in her crib, severely dehydrated and malnourished. &amp;quot;When I grabbed her, she just couldn&amp;#039;t hold her head up. She was just hugging on me and collapsed on me,&amp;quot; he told\u00A0WVLT. He also told the station that she didn&amp;#039;t even cry when she saw him &amp;quot;because she was unable to produce tears.&amp;quot; Waldo was in for an even more alarming sight when he went to the bathroom and found the grandmother collapsed on the floor. She had died days ago, likely of natural causes. Waldo immediately called police, who\u00A0took Brier to a local children&amp;#039;s hospital.\u00A0 The toddler has since been released and is recovering.\u00A0\u00A0&amp;quot;Every day she got a little stronger, a little bit better,&amp;quot; he said to WBIR.\u00A0 She is currently in the care of child services, but Waldo hopes that he or another family member can get custody\u00A0of the\u00A0little girl. [via Yahoo] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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