<P> Shelby successfully delivers a baby boy , Jackson Jr. , but shows signs of kidney failure and starts dialysis . She celebrates July Fourth , around the time Jackson Jr. turns one , by successfully receiving a donated kidney from M'Lynn , allowing Shelby to seemingly resume a normal life . Four months later , on Halloween , Ouiser , Clairee , Truvy , and M'Lynn throw Annelle a surprise wedding shower , as she is now engaged to Sammy . Shelby is unavailable to attend due to a conflicting schedule with her nursing job , and is later found by Jackson unconscious on the porch of her house . Shelby is rushed to the hospital , where it is determined that her body rejected the new kidney , and she is now in a coma . The doctors inform the family that Shelby is likely to remain comatose indefinitely , and they jointly decide to take her off life support . At the funeral , after the other mourners have left , M'Lynn breaks down in hysterics in front of Ouiser , Clairee , Truvy , and Annelle , but is comforted by them . </P>
<P> Shelby successfully delivers a baby boy , Jackson Jr. , but shows signs of kidney failure and starts dialysis . She celebrates July Fourth , around the time Jackson Jr. turns one , by successfully receiving a donated kidney from M'Lynn , allowing Shelby to seemingly resume a normal life . Four months later , on Halloween , Ouiser , Clairee , Truvy , and M'Lynn throw Annelle a surprise wedding shower , as she is now engaged to Sammy . Shelby is unavailable to attend due to a conflicting schedule with her nursing job , and is later found by Jackson unconscious on the porch of her house . Shelby is rushed to the hospital , where it is determined that her body rejected the new kidney , and she is now in a coma . The doctors inform the family that Shelby is likely to remain comatose indefinitely , and they jointly decide to take her off life support . At the funeral , after the other mourners have left , M'Lynn breaks down in hysterics in front of Ouiser , Clairee , Truvy , and Annelle , but is comforted by them . </P>
who dies at the end of steel magnolias
who dies at the end of steel magnolias
Shelby
Shelby