At 1:47 Friday morning, Jayci Yaeger died.

"I think Jayci was hanging on for her daddy . She just let go after she knew daddy was here to be with her. We're glad that she got to be with him one last time," said Ed Yaeger, Jayci's uncle.

Nearly two days after seeing her father, 10-year-old Jayci Yaeger lost her fight with brain cancer.

Family members say Jayci was hanging by a thread, fighting just long enough to see her father one last time. When Jayci's dad, Jason, was allowed to travel from prison in South Dakota to see his daughter in Lincoln, family members say Jayci could finally let go.

"We're happy that it was peaceful and that she is no no longer in pain, and her suffering is over," Ed Yaeger said.

A once smiling, vibrant girl, 10-year-old Jayci Yaeger could hang on no longer. Just after 2:00 Friday morning, with her mother and grandmother by her side, Jayci lost her battle with cancer.

"Her breathing had become different than normal. The nurse noticed and woke Sherry and Vonda up and told them that they needed to be with Jayci. Then, just moments later, she passed away,"

But one person was not by Jayci's side who the family said should have been. "We really wish Jason could have been there by her side to be with her in her last moments," Ed said.

Jason is serving the final year of a five-year prison sentence in South Dakota. Prison officials brought him to Lincoln to see Jayci Wednesday afternoon for about 20 minutes. Even though the visit was cut short by an Omaha news station, Jayci's dying wish to see her daddy had been granted.

"I think Jayci was hanging on for her daddy. She just let go after she knew daddy was here to be with her. We're glad that she got to be with him one last time," he said.

Jason learned of Jayci's death shortly after it happened.

"I talked to him around 2 a.m. After he was notified, he was upset, understandably," Ed Yaeger said.

But a few hours later, Jason called back with renewed determination to be with his family during their time of grieving and to be there for Jayci, as she's laid to rest.

"Jason's a fighter, and Jason was again trying to figure out how we can get him down here for the funeral," Ed said.

Ed Yaeger said the family couldn't get Jason out of prison right now, so they headed to Yankton to be with him.

Jason also told family members he's focused on another responsibility of his -- spending time with his other daughter, Shelby, who needs her daddy right now too.

Prison officials won't say whether or not Jason will be released for the funeral, but the Yaegers said they're still holding out hope Jason can be there for Jayci's final goodbye.