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I live in a neighborhood of condos. There are several Muslim families that live around me-they are all friends and their children play outside together in our neighborhood. About an hour ago I heard knocking and looked out our window to see if it was at our door, and noticed a police car outside. I kept watching, and within a matter of minutes, there were 3 police cars, 3 ambulances, a fire truck, and then some other men in suits showed up ( for a total of about 20 EMTs plus police officers ) going into one of the condos right down from me. Everyone was going in but no one was coming out and I was getting really scared. People were starting to come out on their stairs to see what was happening, so I ran over to one of my neighbors to talk to her and see if she knew what was wrong ( my husband is out of town this week, so I was all alone ). We stood for about 20 minutes, watching people go in and out and heard talk that something had happened to their baby-that he was sleeping and just stopped breathing or had trouble breathing.
After what seemed like forever, they brought this tiny little baby out on a stretcher, he was all hooked up to machines, but I thought-at least that's a good sign-he must still be fighting if they have him hooked up to oxygen. I didn't understand why they had been in there so long and not rushed him to the hospital. They took the baby away in one ambulance and a few minutes later, the mom and dad came out...the dad was practically carrying the mom because she could barely stand up. They got in their car to go to the hospital, and the man who was next door to me ( who is good friends with them ) went over to ask if there was anything he could do, and the dad told him that the baby had just passed away. We were all horrified and just stood in shock crying.
All I could do was come back here (home) and try to process what I have just witnessed. There are a few police men still milling around the parking lot. These kicks I feel inside of me remind me of what a precious gift life is and how we should not ever take it for granted.
I'm sorry for such a sad story...I'm here all alone and am not sure how to process this. I'm in shock. I feel so bad for the family.
OMG that is horrible. I'm sending you a virtual hug and will pray for the family. I can't even imagine what that must be like, life changes in the blink of an eye. I don't even know what to say...
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Aww gosh, what tragic news, i couldn't even begin to imagine, my heart goes out to the family And big (((HUGS))) to you, it must have been heartbreaking to see
To answer your question about not being rushed to hospital straight away, i "think" they try and stabilize them as much as they can beforehand.
OH hunny im' so sorry you had to see that. Did you know the family very well? I couldn't imagine that happening I know I would probably be collapsed on the ground too if anything like that happened to my babies hugs to you and thinking of that family
HappyDutch you are right the EMT's will assess the patient and try to stabilize them before they transport meaning any rescuscitation or iv's that are needed etc
So so sad *sigh*
Omg...how awful. I remember shortly after Jace was born, a baby died of SIDS in our community, it rocked the place. I think it's part of why I was so paranoid about him. Hugs to you...that's just not something you want to see ever.
Oh that is such a horrible thing to have to see. I work in a hopital, mostly in the ER and I have seen this happen with my own eyes. I don't let it bug me at work, but when I get home, or just in my car the flood gates open. I still cry all night when a little one doesn't make it.
How terribly sad. No parents should ever have to lose a child at any age, but to lose a tiny, fragile baby just seems so tragic. My heart goes out to them.
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it's so sad. this just happened to one of my DH's co-workers last week. she had twins and one of the babies got wrapped up in a blanket in bed and passed away. so heartbreaking.
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I want to cry. I'm sorry you had to see that and the family will definitely be in my t&ps. I couldn't even begin to IMAGINE losing one of my babies. Everytime I read of a baby passing away I just cry and cry. Its so hard to read about and know that it could happen to anyone. One of my friends lost her baby a few months back, he had severe down syndrome (she was only 20 when she had him). After a little over a year of fighting with him he just passed away one day and I died...
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omg I am literally in tears here I can't imagine what they must be feeling right now.. I feel awful for them.. my heart goes out to that family.. I am so sorry you had to witness this
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