Sintonia Child Star Millena Brandão passes away at 11 after experiencing 13 cardiac arrests
Millena Brandão, the 11-year-old Brazilian actress and model known for her role in the Netflix series Sintonia, has d+ed.
Her parents, Thays and Luiz Brandão, confirmed she passed away on May 2 after a sudden and unexplained illness.
Millena first began showing symptoms on April 24, complaining of severe headaches, leg p+in, fatigue, and loss of appetite. Her mother told Brazilian outlet G1 that the initial doctor visit ended with a suspected dengue diagnosis, but no tests were done. “He told us to take her back home and give her dipyrone,” Thays recalled.
Her condition worsened, and despite multiple hospital visits, Millena was repeatedly sent home. On April 28, she collapsed at home. “She put her hand on her head and screamed in p+in,” her mother said. She was admitted to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed a 5cm mass in her brain, but no neurologist was available to determine its nature.
The next morning, Millena s¥ff£red a cardiac arrest. Though doctors revived and intubated her, she never regained consciousness. Over the following days, her body endured 13 cardiac arrests and multiple respiratory failures. “Sometimes they gave her massages and other times they gave her shocks [with a defibrillator],” Thays said.
Doctors eventually declared her brain d+ad. “We asked for the machines to be turned off,” Thays said, choosing to spare her daughter further s¥ffering.
Thays shared the heartbreaking news on Instagram the next day. “On May 2nd we lost our little girl, but I’m sure she’s in the arms of our Almighty Father… I’ll never forget your joy that was contagious.”
“You were the light in our lives,” she wrote. “I’ll love you forever, and you’ll always be in my heart. I love you, my girl”
