The baby's condition was 'off the charts bad'. It was so extreme that the specialists stopped measuring and monitoring his fluid level because, at that point, it didn't really matter. The MRI's were sickening to look at.
“It was the most awful and difficult 24 hours of my life watching my son in so much pain, not being able to do anything to make it better and know that this could have been 100% avoidable."
“When I first saw it, it was an ‘Oh my God’ moment. It is so pink and so large. It’s pretty obnoxious, I hate to say. It is so in your face, you wouldn’t believe it."
“As we went to head to the NICU to see Madeline for the first time, she collapsed and fell to the floor...and it became apparent that she was not going to make it.”
"In a split second my smile faded, replaced with a frown and thoughts of all the soul crushing things that modern mothering has in store for that first time mom in the room next to mine."
