I am laying here in the dark with tears filling my eyes. I want to tell you what happened and what I went through as a mother and how this day had changed my life and my families forever. Sorry if its long. 17 years ago, December 19, 1997 was cold and I was tired when my alarm went off. I got up @ 4:30am and ready for work like any other morning. I left my apartment and left my babies Josef and Jordan with their dad. I was only at work for an hour or so when I got the phone call no mother or person ever wants to get. He isnt breathing, I dont know whats wrong, I tried mouth to mouth but the EMT put a breathing tube in and he is on his way in an ambulance to the hospital where you work at. Wtf!! He was so little only 3 months old. As I ran through the hospital trying to make my way to the ER I heard code pink (cardiac arrest in an infant) No, No this cant be.. Let me see my baby. They wouldnt let me near him. I watched as they cut his pajamas off of him and they were breathing for him. I need my mom please hurry and get here. They took Jordan and put me in a room and told me they needed to send him to a hospital where they could help him better and find out what was wrong. The helicopter came but I couldnt ride with. There wasnt enough room. We drove as fast as we could to Peoria. Jordan went to PICU and every specialist you can imagine was there. By midnight I was told this was child abuse. What, I didnt do anything. Dr. takes us in a room and tells me your son was shook so hard for over a minute at least 3 separate times. He has severe retinal hemorrhaging, three subdermal hematomas( blood clots on the Brain) and A bucket handle fracture on his right tibia that was already healing. What kind of monster could do this to my baby? I know he abused me but I never thought he would hurt my baby. Jordans Brain swelled and he was having non stop seizures. I couldnt hold him, they were keeping him sedated and I could only visit him for 20 minutes every two hours. The next morning To relieve the pressure on his brain they had to drill two holes into his scull. My baby was and is a miracle. He survived shaken baby syndrome at the hands of his father. How could the man I love hurt our baby. He took An Alford Plea!! It is a guilty plea of a defendant who proclaims he is innocent of the crime, and admits that the prosecution has enough evidence to prove that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He got sentenced to 10 years and got out in less than 5. Jordan got life! When Jordan was a little over a year old his brain finally went back to its normal position and at 14 years old the scaring from the retinal hemorrhaging finally went away. Jordan Rene I never gave up, I was and will continue to fight right by your side as long as I am on this earth. I am thankful for you. I love you to the moon and back ❤️
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:10:07 +0000
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