18 month old in ICU

[britishsteele71]

Hi All,

The 18 month old daughter of a co-worker is in ICU. The co-worker was having some work done on his house and a contractor left the sliding glass door to the back yard open. The little girl somehow got out of her crib and wandered into the back yard where she fell into the pool. Ironically, the pool was having a gate built around it that same day but the contracters had broken for lunch.

She was taken immediatly to the hospital where she remained on life support for 2 days. Satruday afternoon she was taken off lifesupport but still remains in a medicated coma in order to keep her brain swelling down.

My co-worker is in peices. He is beating himself up for being a bad parent. He and his wife are not able to hold or touch or even talk to their little girl as that will stimulte her and thus, will cause her brain to swell.

Randy's family could really use your prayers. He needs God's strength and I could use the wisdom to be able to choose the words that will bring him and his wife comfort in this ordeal.

Thank you all for praying for a stranger.

[Snoopster]

My prayers go out to your co-workers family. It's doesn't sound like poor parenting just a sad accident.

[britishsteele71]

My prayers go out to your co-workers family. It's doesn't sound like poor parenting just a sad accident.

Thank you. That's exactly what it is. Anyone who has kids knows that they love to wonder away...

[CaroleAnn]

Its also so amazing to know how fast an 18mth old can climb out of a crib. My heart and my prayers go out to them, its tough.

[Big Bandit]

My prayers are with this family.

[Blue Bomber]

As the mother of a very active 22 mo old girl I know exactly how fast they can get into something no matter how hard you try to prevent it. I am so sorry to hear about this child and will pray for her and her parents. I can only imagine the guilt the parents are feeling even though this was an accident.

[sharkey]

I will pray for the family.

Sometimes any words you say are not enough. Just be there and provide any comfort you can. A lot of times, stuff starts stacking up because their hands are full at the hospital. See if maybe there is something you can do at the house or office that needs to get done that they didn't have time to do.

[britishsteele71]

Its also so amazing to know how fast an 18mth old can climb out of a crib. My heart and my prayers go out to them, its tough.

Thank You

[britishsteele71]

As the mother of a very active 22 mo old girl I know exactly how fast they can get into something no matter how hard you try to prevent it. I am so sorry to hear about this child and will pray for her and her parents. I can only imagine the guilt the parents are feeling even though this was an accident.


Thank You

[britishsteele71]

I will pray for the family.

Sometimes any words you say are not enough. Just be there and provide any comfort you can. A lot of times, stuff starts stacking up because their hands are full at the hospital. See if maybe there is something you can do at the house or office that needs to get done that they didn't have time to do.


Thank You!!!

[loki]

My heart goes out to them. I have a 16 month-old and I know I would be absolutely crushed if ANYTHING happened to her. I can only imagine what they are going through.

[britishsteele71]

My heart goes out to them. I have a 16 month-old and I know I would be absolutely crushed if ANYTHING happened to her. I can only imagine what they are going through.


Thank You. Everyone's well wishes and toughts and prayers mean a lot. I will pass them on to Randy and his wife.

[Tourmeister]

:tab Sarah, our 22 month old, recently climbed up a ladder to the roof. I was trimming branches overhanging the house and was on the far side of the roof, on the back side of the house. I heard a bright and clear, "Hey Daddy!" I looked up and there she was, standing on the top rung of the ladder trying to figure out how to get from the ladder to the roof!! The walk to the ladder was one of the longest of my life! I was trying not to panic her but she could tell something was wrong and started trying to back down the ladder. That freaked me even more because I could just visualize her missing a rung and falling. When I got to her she was down just beyond my reach and I had to coax her back up a run so I could grab her arm and just lift her on up into my lap. Beth came outside when she heard me hollering and I handed her down. Stuff like that really gets your attention!

:tab Nothing you can say will take away their feelings of guilt. It is not a rational thing. They will just have to come to the realization on their own, if ever. There may be no "right" words. Just being there and letting them know you support them can make a world of difference. I learned this from experience.

:tab I will most certainly be praying for the child and parents. I wonder if any of the construction people are feeling bad/guilty about this?

[Snoopster]

Scott: I was holding my breath reading about Sarah's adventure. I'm so glad that neither of you didn't panic. I'm sure she got extra hugs and kisses that night.

[britishsteele71]

:tab Sarah, our 22 month old, recently climbed up a ladder to the roof. I was trimming branches overhanging the house and was on the far side of the roof, on the back side of the house. I heard a bright and clear, "Hey Daddy!" I looked up and there she was, standing on the top rung of the ladder trying to figure out how to get from the ladder to the roof!! The walk to the ladder was one of the longest of my life! I was trying not to panic her but she could tell something was wrong and started trying to back down the ladder. That freaked me even more because I could just visualize her missing a rung and falling. When I got to her she was down just beyond my reach and I had to coax her back up a run so I could grab her arm and just lift her on up into my lap. Beth came outside when she heard me hollering and I handed her down. Stuff like that really gets your attention!

:tab Nothing you can say will take away their feelings of guilt. It is not a rational thing. They will just have to come to the realization on their own, if ever. There may be no "right" words. Just being there and letting them know you support them can make a world of difference. I learned this from experience.

:tab I will most certainly be praying for the child and parents. I wonder if any of the construction people are feeling bad/guilty about this?

Thank you Scott. With your permission, I would like to pass this on to Randy. I had told him that this is just one of the things that kids do but in his state of mind right now, he is only focused on what happened to him, as is normal. I told him that GOD was with him. Just being able to talk about it to a 3rd party not affected or immediately involved seemed to help.

As for the contracters, well, I am sure you can guess. "We are not babysitters!"

What was really sad is how the news sensationlised the whole thing. Made me sick!

Thank you again for all your prayers. There is nothing stronger then the power of prayer, especially when many are doing it!

[kurt]

My professional experience is that there is nothing anyone can do to eliminate all the risks for our kids. They are intelligent and inquisitive by nature and just don't recognize danger sometimes. By sheer dumb luck most kids seem to muddle through childhood despite the opportunities for disaster. Others seem to find just that one opening at just the right time. Parents always blame themselves for bad outcomes even when they shouldn't. We all do the best we can, but life has some cruel lessons to be learned.

[Bear on a bicycle]

I'll pass this along to my family. Our thoughts & prayers will be with the family....

[Blue Bomber]

Darci,

Does the family have any other children? Do they have family in the area to help them in this time of crisis? Are the parents staying at the hospital with the baby?

[britishsteele71]

Darci,

Does the family have any other children? Do they have family in the area to help them in this time of crisis? Are the parents staying at the hospital with the baby?

No, I beleive that this is their only child. Not sure about any other family. I know Randy and his wife have been staying at the hospital.

I bartend on Friday's and Randy peforms in our Kareoke part of the club. We were all concerned when we didn't see him Friday as Randy is the one who says hi with a smile to each and every person before shift. We were told after shift Saturday am and we all passed the hat. Luckilly, every one had a good night in tips so we were able to raise a little bit of money.

I emailed my manager and asked that he send the link to this forum to Randy so that he could see how many people are praying for him and his family. I hope I can hear something more later this week. If I do, I will keep you all posted...

[klrno2]

Dear Lord...:pray:

Amen.

[britishsteele71]

Dear Lord...:pray:

Amen.

Thank You!

[britishsteele71]

Hi All,

I just wanted to provide an update on Priscilla, the 18th month old in ICU. She is still in ICU. All her vitals and organs seem to be functioning fine with the exception of her brain. Her brain is showing very little activity. Randy, her father, told me that he will have to take her to see a brain specialist in San Antonio. He is just waiting to find out how his insurance is going to handle this.

He will be appearing on a local news station on Monday to reach out to people for prayers. I sent him the link to the forum and he was absolutely amazed at the support everyone from TWT was giving him as he is a perfect stranger.

We are going to try and have a fundraiser at work next weekend to help with hospital costs and such as this is going to be a long road for priscilla.

On behalf of Randy and his family, THANK YOU ALL for your prayers and support in this really difficult time.

[Tourmeister]

Any more news?

[Bagwell]

She and her family are in our prayers.