Luke Bryan has spoken out in the wake of his latest family tragedy.
On Tuesday, the country artist sadly lost his niece Sadie Brett Boyer, who born last summer with a number of cardiac problems.
The young girl was the daughter of Luke’s wife’s brother, Bo Boyer, and his wife, Ellen, the latter of whom often provided updates on the child’s health via her Facebook page.
And, on Monday, Ellen shared that her daughter “declined overnight.”
Sadie was reportedly being treated at the time for an infection that affected her liver.
“Please flood the heavens with prayers,” Ellen wrote to friends and family members. “We will not give up on our tough, brave Brett.”
Unfortunately, however, the baby lost her battle and passed away yesterday.
“We thank all of you for your prayers,” the country crooner wrote to his 8.34 million followers in response to their support in the wake of this development.
“Love y’all,” he added.
According to mom Ellen’s Facebook account, Sadie had been seeking treatments in a Nashville hospital for her condition.
On Thursday, February 16, Ellen informed followers that Sadie had her “best week this yet,” adding:
“I am so so grateful and so proud of our girl. She’s fighting so hard!”
Three days later, though, Ellen revealed that her daughter’s health had taken a sharp decline.
“Brett seems to have an infection of some sort. The team is leaning toward blood infection/sepsis. Her blood pressures and her temp have been really low today and got pretty scary low around 3,” she wrote. “
“She is on several antibiotics so our prayer is that they will be the correct ones to treat this infection. … Please pray for the team as they work hard to help our girl.”
This isn’t the first time the 40-year-old country artist has dealt with a family tragedy.
Bryan’s brother, Chris, was died in a car accident in 1995 at the age of 26.
Moreover, his sister, Kelly, passed away in 2007 at her home of undetermined causes. She was only 39 years old at the time.
“My only siblings gone from the world in a flash, in two different, crazy, tragic manners,” Bryan told ABC News in 2013.
A year later, he said in another interview, when these unbearable losses were brought up:
“Losing my brother changed me tremendously and losing Kelly, even more. I literally do not take one second for granted.”
We truly cannot imagine suffering through one of these tragedies, let alone three.
We send our thoughts to Luke Bryan and his family during this very difficult time.