Small update on my friend whose son passed away

[showdogz]

This has me in tears. I just couldn't imagine.

[katfco]

I'm so sorry for them all, and I hope they're able to get some answers and healing, especially for their four year old. I'll definitely keep them in my prayers.

[skiesthelimit]

I still cannot believe this. I fet choked up reading it. I cant even imagine how she feels. Sending lots of prayers.

[charlielove]

That is so incredibly heartbreaking and unimaginable. I will keep them in my thoughts.

[Deleted]

Omg. I am heartbroken for them all. Lots of prayers.

[thedahliharpa]

Oh wow, the situation with her other child is heartbreaking too. I hope he can get some professional help.

[browneyedhunni85]

This is so sad. It also makes my anxiety through the roof as I'm dealing with a sick baby. I'll keep that family in my thoughts and prayers.

[thedahliharpa]

Aug 23, 2013 16:03:35 GMT -5 @sprinkles said:

Aug 23, 2013 16:02:10 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Oh wow, the situation with her other child is heartbreaking too. I hope he can get some professional help.

A lot of people have been reaching out to them, and they found this place that deals with, specifically, children and grieving. They also have parent classes. So she said they are starting that next week, and Q will go to a class for kids his age who have lost a sibling, and they will go to a parent one.

I'm glad the resources exist but I wish they didn't need to
:- (

[laurack]

Omg this is just so tragic and horrifying, I cannot even imagine their pain and suffering. It's just unbelievable that this could happen.

Thoughts are with them.

[TrudyCampbell]

Oh my gosh this is so beyond awful

[imimahoney]

So incredibly sad. I hope they are able to find some answers.

[spaghetticat]

This is just too awful for words. I'm so so sorry for their loss.

[lolaburns]

This is so incredibly sad. Something similar happened to a couple we know last fall. The little boy was also close to 2 years old. The doctors said it was likely some sort of respiratory infection/fever that brought on a disruption of how the brain regulated his sleeping. They ruled it Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. I am so, so sorry this haas happened. I just can't imagine...I just can't....

Lifting your friend and her family up in prayer. May they somehow find peace on the hard road ahead.

[carawestt]

This is so incredibly sad

[sunshineluv]

This is so heartbreaking. That poor family.

[JuliaGulia]

This is so heartbreaking. I feel so so sorry for them.

[creamsiclechica]

Oh, Sprinkles, I'm so sorry for everything about this story. It's gut wrenching for your friend on its face, but the situation wih her oldest is ever harder, my goodness. Praying for all of them, hopefully the classes and counseling they found will help some during this difficult time.

[Deleted]

So sorry for their loss and I'll definitely keep them in my prayers.

A similar thing happened to an 18 month old at my church at the beginning of this year. I still think about it all the time and I try to thank God for each day he gives me with Corinne.

[bean47]

so heartbreaking.

[teamhayes]

Such a heartbreaking story. My thoughts go out to this family

[browneyedhunni85]

Aug 23, 2013 17:05:36 GMT -5 @sprinkles said:

browneyedhunni85 and ciescalove, just remember, these cases are VERY rare. Millions of kids get sick and are fine.

I know. I worry so much. Sometimes I play these awful scenarios out in my head. I can't get away from thinking the worst.

[mscatra]

I'm so very sorry for them. That's just a heartbreaking story and I'm fighting back tears after reading it. Our thoughts go out to them.

[Faevantastic]

This is so, so sad.

[helicase]

This is a gut wrenching story. My thoughts go out to the family.

[joyhart02]

Wow, that is so scary and I am so sorry for the family.

[kdrake8]

I'm so sorry for them absolutely heartbreaking

[Deleted]

Oh my God. What a devastating thing to happen to any family I am sending lots of prayers for that poor little boy and the parents too.

I wonder if using one of those motion sensing pads would help in a case like this? I'm not meaning to be heartless, obviously!! But I always wonder this, if the baby/child stops breathing in the middle of the night, can you get there in time to do CPR and all that?

[charmediamsure]

Oh my goodness, hearing the details like that just makes it so much more chilling. How awful. I can't even imagine what they are going through, I would probably be catatonic. Oh, and their poor older child. Not the same: but when I was 4 my mom gave birth to my brother and he died 2 days later of a congenital heart defect. I still remember her talking to me in my bedroom about why the baby couldn't come home. She told me we had to bury him and I asked if I could keep him like a doll. She said we couldn't do that because he wasn't a doll. I asked if I could keep a piece of him, like an arm or something. Honest to goodness. My poor mother to have to have that conversation with me. And I remember the whole thing clear as day. @sprinkles thoughts and prayers going out to the whole family.

And @starbound I thought about that as well. I've finally weened myself off of putting the Snuza on Jack every night and now I'm just scared all over again.

[laurack]

Yes I admit reading this story has made me consider taking the angel care sensor pad back out of the basement. Would it save a child? There is so much to be afraid of,

This poor family are living a nightmare now, I am heartbroken for them. I've been thinking about this all day.

[Deleted]

Aug 23, 2013 22:39:39 GMT -5 charmediamsure said:

Oh my goodness, hearing the details like that just makes it so much more chilling. How awful. I can't even imagine what they are going through, I would probably be catatonic. Oh, and their poor older child. Not the same: but when I was 4 my mom gave birth to my brother and he died 2 days later of a congenital heart defect. I still remember her talking to me in my bedroom about why the baby couldn't come home. She told me we had to bury him and I asked if I could keep him like a doll. She said we couldn't do that because he wasn't a doll. I asked if I could keep a piece of him, like an arm or something. Honest to goodness. My poor mother to have to have that conversation with me. And I remember the whole thing clear as day. @sprinkles thoughts and prayers going out to the whole family.

And @starbound I thought about that as well. I've finally weened myself off of putting the Snuza on Jack every night and now I'm just scared all over again.

I'm so sorry AngelaChase!!  That is heartbreaking that your family had to go through that.  And yes, having a 4 year old myself I can imagine all the genuinely curious questions that come out and how hard it must have been for your Mom to negotiate them.  A friend of mine lost a baby at 32 weeks last year and she had a similar situation with her then-3 year old.  It's just horrible all around.

And yes, we still use the motion sensor with DS2 in his crib.  But I still always wonder, would it actually save him in a case like Sprinkles' friend?  Ugh, awful.