“As his parents, we knew something was off. We were scared, and it was not being validated by anyone.”
By LJ Herman -
‘He started to vomit a green color. Nurse after nurse continued to say everything was ‘normal.’ Even this green bile? ‘Yeah that’s normal.’’
By LJ Herman -
‘He woke up in silence and called my name. It was his way of saying ‘goodbye.’ I made my way through the IV’s and monitors and laid next to my husband in the hospital bed.’
“When he was admitted into the hospital, I wanted to be there in the middle of the night if he needed me. One night, he did.”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘I was originally told it was Eczema. He was seen later that day and instantly rushed to hospital. 3 days into our stay, we finally had a diagnosis – Herpes.’
“It is just as deadly as meningitis in babies if not treated right away because it starts to attack their brain.”
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‘I knew something was very wrong by the way the doctor was acting. The police came, and I couldn’t understand what was going on. Why were they there?’
“They wouldn’t let me fly with her, and looking back, I now know it’s because they didn’t know who had hurt her.”
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‘To every child that has walked in these doors but never walked back out again, I am sorry.’ Father of a boy who has been coming to this Children’s Hospital for 8 YEARS pens emotional note
“I have loved these doors and hated these doors. The other day, walking through them again, I was struck with a different feeling: guilt. I realized I need to apologize.”
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‘I was watching her sleep next to me and realized it didn’t look right. I unbuttoned her and this is what I saw.’ Mom warns about the 1 cold symptom you shouldn’t ignore
“It is a sign to get your baby or child to hospital.”
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‘The purple blanket isn’t yours. Even though it covered your car seat when you left the hospital. Even though you sleep with it every night. It’s not yours.’
“The preeclampsia had its way. She came early, and she came silently. The purple blanket never touched her fragile skin.”
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‘The hospital had never seen anyone like him. They said he wouldn’t walk, he may even have fetal alcohol syndrome, but he needed a home, TODAY.’
“Child waiting in hospital for 2.5 months, can’t find placement. Has no femur bones and is medically fragile. We made our decision, but what would our friends and family think of us?”
By Eliza Murphy -
‘I got a message about a 19-year-old bride who has cancer. She was told she wouldn’t make it through the night. They had to move her wedding to that very day.’
“Little did I know this one day, this one wedding, and this one bride, would change my life forever.”
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A family member said, ‘Oh, this is just awful. I was praying you would not have to get a C-section. Nobody wants a C-section.’
“The floodgates broke, and I sobbed uncontrollably. Was I less of a mother because of how my baby was being delivered? It was the worst thing that could have been said to me.”
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