'We just wanted God to give us an answer': Mother's despair after autopsy fails to reveal why teen daughter died after routine wisdom teeth extraction

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Autopsy results released by authorities in Sydney Galleger's death were unable to pinpoint why she went into cardiac arrest
The 17-year-old's mom Diane Galleger posted her sorrow online this week after the results failed to bring answers
Medical examiners were unable to rule out the possibility that medication Sydney was taking contributed to her death

Published: 11:36 EST, 17 September 2015 | Updated: 14:45 EST, 17 September 2015

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A Minnesota family that was awaiting answers in the unexplained death of their teen daughter following routine oral surgery in June were stunned this week when those answers failed to come.

Medical examiners investigating what caused 17-year-old Sydney Galleger to lapse into cardiac arrest during a wisdom teeth procedure in June were unable to find a definitive cause of death, an autopsy revealed Thursday.

Saddled with the possibility she may never know why her daughter died, Sydney's mother has written a heartbreaking online post about her grief.

Devasted mom: A Minnesota family that was awaiting answers in the unexplained death of their teen daughter following routine oral surgery in June were stunned this week when those answers failed to come.

'We just wanted God to give us somethiA Minnesota family that was awaiting answers in the unexplained death of their teen daughter following routine oral surgery in June were stunned this week when those answers failed to come.ng, give us an answer why our healthy, happy daughter is no longer with us,' Diane Galleger wrote Wednesday on the site CaringBridge.org.

Galleger told the Star Tribune that she was unsure whether there would be further tests to determine the cause of death.

'We were just hoping for an answer,' she said, writing Wednesday, 'Could she have had a slight reaction to the medications causing everything to misfire? Unlikely, but we will never know. We just wanted God to give us something, give us an answer why our healthy, happy daughter is no longer with us.'

Medical examiners noted that they were unable to rule out the 'potential contributing role' in her death of a medication that Galleger was receiving during the oral surgery.

Galleger said she doesn't foresee a lawsuit against the oral surgeon or his practice.

During the June 9 tooth extraction, Sydney's blood pressure suddenly shot up, her pulse dropped and she went into a cardiac arrest.

In the early hours of June 12, doctors informed Diane, Sydney's father, Steve and younger brother, Jack, that there was nothing more they could do.

During the June 9 extraction, Sydney's blood pressure suddenly shot up, her pulse dropped and she went into a cardiac arrest.

The oral surgeon frantically started performing CPR on the teen as emergency crews rushed to the scene.

Sydney was then transported to the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital, where she was placed on a ventilator to help with her breathing.

In subsequent days, she suffered numerous seizures and underwent surgery to fit a drain in her skull to relieve the swelling of her brain. However, her brain continued to swell, cutting off the drain.

In the early hours of June 12, doctors informed Diane, Sydney's father, Steve and younger brother, Jack, that there was nothing more they could do.

'As you can imagine, that was the most devastating news we have ever received,' Diane wrote on the CaringBridge page, where she and her relatives have been providing updates on Sydney.

She added: 'We had our happy, healthy, funny, beautiful 17-year-old daughter. As we look at all the pictures covering her hospital walls, we can't believe this same happy, healthy, funny, still beautiful daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin, and friend is lying in that hospital bed. We can't comprehend it yet and not sure when we will.'