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NEW BABY HERE NOW NEW BABY GONE!!!

Written on 06/10/2008 17:24:44 by mummymaterial?

WHEN MY BABY FINALY CAME I WAS SO HAPPY AND INSTANTLY FELT AN OVERWHELMING FEELING TO PROTECT, CALLUM WAS HIS NAME AND I TOOK TO MOTHERHOOD LIKE A PRO,EVEN THOUGH CALLUM WAS MY FIRST BABY, AS EACH WEEK WENT BY I WATCHED HIM GROW AND CHANGE. CALLUM WAS NOW 11 WEEKS OLD, ONE NIGHT I HAD A TERRIBLE NIGHT WITH HIM HE WAS SCREAMING AND TENSING HIS BODY AND PUTTING HIS FISTS IN HIS MOUTH, SO I LOOKED IN HIS MOUTH AND I SEEN A PURPLE LUMP ON HIS GUM, IT LOOKED LIKE A TOOTH TRYING TO COME THROUGH, SO I TOOK HIM DOWNSTAIRS AND GAVE HIM SOME MEDICINE CALLED MEDISED, HE HAD A FEW SWIGS OF MILK AND WAS FLAT OUT, I TRYED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MY HEALTH VISITOR AS THIS HAD CONCERNED ME BUT SHE WAS ON HOLIDAY, SO I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY GP FOR 9AM THAT MORNING, BUT WHEN 9AM CAME ROUND CALLUM WAS STILL FAST ASLEEP AND I DIDNT WANT TO DISTURB HIM SO I NEVER WENT, NEXT TIME I CHECKED CALLUM HE WAS DEAD, NO ONE KNOWS WHY IT HAPPENED, I JUST KEEP GETTING TOLD ITS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, COT DEATH, BUT WHY MY CALLUM? IM CURRENTLY 11WEEKS PREGNANT AND PETRIFIED THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN.
BUT THE TWIST TO THIS STORY IS THAT WHEN THE POSTMORTEM WAS CARRIED OUT TEST SHOWED THAT CALLUM HAD HIGH AMOUNTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN HIS BLOOD, BUT I DONT HAVE ANY GAS IN THE HOUSE AT ALL, AND I NEVER SMOKED AROUND CALLUM, APPARENTLY YOU NEED A LEVEL OF 15 TO CAUSE DEATH AND CALLUM HAD A LEVEL OF 10, WHICH IS WORRYINGLY HIGH, BUT 4 DAYS BEFORE CALLUM DIED I WAS IN A PUBLIC BUS ACCIDENT AND CALLUM WAS WITH ME, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE CARBON MONOXIDE TO HAVE COME FROM THE ACCIDENT, WELL ACCORDING TO EXPERTS IT NEVER, BUT I AM BAFFLED, WHERE COULD IT HAVE COME FROM, THE THING IS I HAD FIRE FIGHTERS OUT TO THE HOUSE TO CHECK IT OVER AND IT WAS CLEAN, IF I NEW WHY CALLUM DIED AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULD OF PREVENTED I WOULD KNOW WHAT NOT TO DO WITH THE NEXT BABY. SO I HAVE NO CLOSURE AT ALL.

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