Sad news re: Baby Groomi
Discussion
I don't really know why I'm posting this, I guess it's just to use you guys as some form of counselling.
My wife gave birth to our first child on Sunday evening after a straightforward pregnancy and labour. Oliver Morgan Groom weighed in at a mighty 9lbs 12oz and measured 57cm and was a truly beautiful baby. Tragically though, Oliver was not to be the bouncing bundle of joy we had wished for. He had suffered an oxygen shortage at some point during delivery leaving him with catastrophic brain damage, thus he was unable to breath for himself.
He was immediately whisked away to the Special Care Baby Unit where he was stabalised and monitored before being transeferred overnight to another hospital which has a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. My wife and I followed him over and sat with him while he lay still. The staff were truly magnficent and I cannot thank them enough for there support.
Unfortunately there was to be no hopes of a happy outcome as the consultant explained to us the severity of his condition. On Monday evening, just 26 hours after his birth, Oliver was removed from the machines keeping him alive and died in our arms.
We are both truly distraught and just don't know how to come to termswith such a loss. We should be at home with a beautiful baby, instead we're at my inlaws with a huge empty void in our lives. We're in control of the events and are making the necessary arrangements. We're in control of our feelings, both for Oliver and for each other, but neither of us have been 'hit' by it all yet - we're just waiting for reality to kick in.
I'm not looking for messages of condolences (although I'm sure there will be many as you're such a great bunch), but I just needed another outlet which I don't have to face as I recount the events.
Life can be such a bitch.
My wife gave birth to our first child on Sunday evening after a straightforward pregnancy and labour. Oliver Morgan Groom weighed in at a mighty 9lbs 12oz and measured 57cm and was a truly beautiful baby. Tragically though, Oliver was not to be the bouncing bundle of joy we had wished for. He had suffered an oxygen shortage at some point during delivery leaving him with catastrophic brain damage, thus he was unable to breath for himself.
He was immediately whisked away to the Special Care Baby Unit where he was stabalised and monitored before being transeferred overnight to another hospital which has a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. My wife and I followed him over and sat with him while he lay still. The staff were truly magnficent and I cannot thank them enough for there support.
Unfortunately there was to be no hopes of a happy outcome as the consultant explained to us the severity of his condition. On Monday evening, just 26 hours after his birth, Oliver was removed from the machines keeping him alive and died in our arms.
We are both truly distraught and just don't know how to come to termswith such a loss. We should be at home with a beautiful baby, instead we're at my inlaws with a huge empty void in our lives. We're in control of the events and are making the necessary arrangements. We're in control of our feelings, both for Oliver and for each other, but neither of us have been 'hit' by it all yet - we're just waiting for reality to kick in.
I'm not looking for messages of condolences (although I'm sure there will be many as you're such a great bunch), but I just needed another outlet which I don't have to face as I recount the events.
Life can be such a bitch.
I am so dreadfully sorry to hear of your loss. What happened is simply bad luck of the very worst kind.
This happened to one of my closest friends three years ago. They now have a perfect one year old boy.
Time does heal and perhaps they appreciate their son all the more for it.
I wish you both all the future happiness that will come to you I am sure, once the black clouds have eventually lifted.
This happened to one of my closest friends three years ago. They now have a perfect one year old boy.
Time does heal and perhaps they appreciate their son all the more for it.
I wish you both all the future happiness that will come to you I am sure, once the black clouds have eventually lifted.
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