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lazypuppy
Age. 39
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Ethnicity. Caucasian
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very sad today...
Friday. 2.22.08 8:00 pm
Someone at my work had a horrible tragedy today :(

Her son (he was about 4 months) passed away last night in his sleep. It appears that maybe SIDS was responsible for his death (not quite sure though...I hear conflicting information.

I know I've posted about SIDS before, but now it has really struck close to home. For all of you who don't really know what it is, here's a definition:

SIDS is the sudden death of an infant under one year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (Willinger et al, 1991).

In a typical situation parents check on their supposedly sleeping infant to find him or her dead. This is the worse tragedy parents can face, a tragedy which leaves them with a sadness and a feeling of vulnerability that lasts throughout their lives. Since medicine can not tell them why their baby died, they blame themselves and often other innocent people. Their lives and those around them are changed forever.


http://www.sids.org/ndefinition.htm

Every day, you don't even know how much I thought this would happen to Gregory and I am SOOO glad that I have never gone into his room to find him dead. This was my #1 fear and I can't even imagine what they're going through at this moment. SOOOO HORRIBLE!!!

I did find this though about it:

Did the Baby Suffer?
SIDS is considered to be an almost instantaneous event. There may be some movement during the last few seconds of life, accounting for the unusual positions in which some babies are found. Babies do not cry out and often show no sign of having been disturbed in their sleep. Parents who have witnessed their baby�s death have reported that they appeared to die very peacefully in their sleep, that they appeared simply to stop breathing.

The reality of a SIDS death, however, is that they did not just stop breathing � their entire body shuts down in an instant, making it impossible to revive these babies even if immediate intervention is made. While scary and hard to understand, this can be of some comfort to those that struggle with feelings of guilt for not being there when the baby died.


I guess it is good that most of them to appear to have not suffered...if only it were that easy for the parents :(
5 Comments.


Aww... that's so sad...:(

Now I get that thing in the Sandman comic though...
» randomjunk on 2008-02-22 08:15:04

that's really sad. I couldn't imagine going through that. =[ my condolences to the family
» LostSoul13 on 2008-02-22 11:10:03

OMG.. my condolences to the family.
» Nuttz on 2008-02-23 01:36:56

I had never heard of SIDS before...if I ever become, I have a feeling I'm going to be paranoid of something like this. You're right though, it's harder for the parents than for the child.

This is so sad, but an equally good wake-up. I have no idea how anybody would cope with this, but hopefully the depression doesn't last too long with your coworkers family :( That's a lot to ask for after losing a child, but I honestly have no idea what else to say.
» The-Muffin-Man on 2008-02-23 03:53:49

i'm sorry to hear this news.
» renaye on 2008-02-23 10:20:14

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