Mar
15
The human brain only weighs about three pounds. But I think that everyone would have to agree that those three pounds are the most important ones in our bodies. And if something happens to that little three pound universe such as an injury a person’s whole world can be turned upside down. If it happens to a baby’s brain it is even worse.
Now imagine if your child suffered a brain injury at the hands of someone else. Not only has your child’s life been changed, but it changes your life forever as well. That is what happened to me. We were out having dinner and we had left our 13 month old with a sitter for the night. She called us frantically saying that she had dropped the baby. I called 911, and we rushed home.
The paramedics beat us there, but the damage had been done. But later the doctor told us that the baby had probably not been dropped. This horrible person shook our baby. She shook the baby hard enough that it caused permanent brain damage. So we hired the best brain injury attorney that we could find in Colorado so we could get just compensation. But despite winning a court award of over one million dollars, it doesn’t fix the fact that this girl broke our baby.
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I am so sorry about your baby. I know that no amount of money can fix what happened. What a terrible tragedy.
And sadly, you will probably never see a penny of that money either. Of course, the money is irrelevant to what happened to your child.
I am so sorry you had this experience – I can’t even imagine how heartbreaking it must be. This is the real tragedy with these types of law suits – just because you win you don’t really win. As if any amount of money could really compensate you for your loss of a healthy child. Keep the faith, love your baby, and I know that someday you will find some good in this situation. Take care!
I am assuming criminal charges have been filed against this person. I would be interested in hearing what happens to them as a result of this situation.
What a terrible situation, I am so sorry for what happened. I hope that girl has been punished in some way that will keep her from doing this ever again.