Kennedy Alexa

The day my daughter was born with all of my complications I had to deal with my son came to see my daughter after daycare.

It turns out he contracted the flu 🤒

He went home with my parents and ended up having a febrile seizure and ending up in the hospital in a whole different hospital in another town. I was terrified and stayed by the phone.

I requested to be discharged as soon as policy allowed which was 32 long hours. I had to go home where my first baby was not😭

After 2 days I went to my parents to see him and cuddle him but that was the scariest moment of my life to hear that my son was sick and I couldn’t be there for him.

#influenza #mybirthstory #lemon8challenge #irishtwins #adrianam #letschat

2024/7/18 Edited to

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