Sorry to hear. Prayers to your family

Prayers to you, your brother, his Mrs, and your entire family

RIP Little Man

Prayers headed your way.

Yes definitely. My brother's wife's father is a dirty Raiders fan, so of course he had to get his jab in. This was all before the worst news of course.

You should make a trophy for the baby

Actually I'm possibly going to engrave his headstone up here. A bad part of this is that services are pricy and we don't have much money, so if I can at least take care of the headstone...that's something.

My brother is letting the doctors use the baby for research because it had something they couldn't explain and had not seen before. His levels of lactic acid, potassium, and glucose kept skyrocketing and they couldn't do anything to save him. The main doctor was an old Japanese guy who is supposedly one of the top infant surgeons in the world. I guess Tulsa has a really great children's hospital. All the doctors and nurses were crying and were just great at their jobs and very caring towards the family. I felt bad for them as well. It must be a difficult job to tell a mother that after she gave birth. They deserve a lot of credit.

That desicion to use the body for research has to be a tough one. I salute them for it. Can't imagine being in that position.

I couldn't agree more

It's an awesome thing though. They definitely did the right thing.

Especially considering the rarity of the babys condition. A chance to learn from it could actually directly help someone else. A very selfless act in a time of great grief. Impressive people imo.

Dammit dude. Hang tough.

Yeah they're gonna let a group of genecitists (spelling?) research it. It was a combination of high glucose, potassium, and lactic acid levels. They couldnt do a damn thing to keep them down. The doctor was a 75 year old japanese man, and I respect the hell out of those docs and nurses. It takes major balls to walk into a room with 12 family members and a mother and father who just had a child and tell them there is nothing left to do. I couldnt do it.

Damn. :( I'm so sorry for your loss, lcarus.

My deepest condolences to you and your family.

Thanks. I think its getting better for us now that we are home and everyone has left. Its hard when the whole family is at the hospital crying an stuff.