So I am Christine, a 28 yr old mother of a son, Jacob who was
born healthy or so I thought. At 6 weeks old the doc's
sent us for an MRI which I thought was because he was consuming too
much formula. ( to check the part of the brain that controls
his bodies response to sugar signals, the putuitary gland)
They fasted him 4 hrs prior to the MRI, and drew bloodwork 2 hrs
prior to the MRI. As a new mother I was scared and
nervous. But we were at Childrens Hospital, which is supposed
to be the best. As we sat in the room where he was to be
sedated for the MRI, his stomach started convulsing and his
eyes were rolling back in his head. I called the nurse
and when she looked at him he had stopped. She said he was
fine he was crying at that point. They ignored me and took
him into the MRI for over an hour. When he returned, we
couldn't wake him for half an hour they waited. So
they called head doc on call and he requested a sugar test. My
son's sugar was 8. (normal range is 80-120). He was in
diabetic shock. An hour later i received a call from the doc
who had requested the orig. bloodwork and she told me to feed my
son immediately b/c the results from the bloodwork prior to the mri
were 32. But it was too late. They admitted my son for 6
weeks. Doing test after test on him. When he awoke from
testing his eyes wouldn't focus. The docs told me he was
born this way, it wasn't a result of anything they had
done..... But he focused fine prior to there MRI and the
siezure. As a new mother I trusted them, and I was let
down. Over a year later I found out he is blind, completely
and it may be due to the seizure he had there. Now it is too
late... I should've trusted my gut. I should've
pressed them when I felt something was wrong.
- Let’s talk: Comment (1) | Blog
- Email to a Friend
- Print this Page
From the Community…
-
Posted by Sun Aug 9, 2009 7:34pm PDT
Report AbuseChristine-- I am so sorry you are going through this. I don't know what to say. I know that even if I say it's not your fault, you will probably always blame yourself in the back of your mind. But, eventually, you need to forgive-- the doctors, yourself (even though you did nothing wrong), and be free from these negative feelings, so that you can be the wonderful mom that your little one needs.
God bless you.
leave your comment
You must sign in to post a comment