Swine Flu Puts New Mom into a Coma
September 2, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Labor & Delivery, News & Media, Parenting
Valerie Post, a 24-year-old mom that just gave birth via c-sections currently in a coma. Some sites are stating she is in a medically induced coma while others are stating it happened immediately during delivery, so I’m stating both until it is confirmed. Valerie gave birth two months early after experiencing a sore throat, backache with a fever. But when it wouldn’t go away they went immediately to the hospital, thinking it was just a false alarm. It wasn’t, the doctor quickly figured out she had the Swine Flu, aka H1N1.
The baby was in distress and they immediately did a …read more
Woman with Swine Flu Gives Birth
June 7, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Health, Infancy, Labor & Delivery, News & Media
A newborn baby is fighting for its life at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley when it was born 3 months early because mom came down
with the swine flu. The baby is not suffering from the flu but being born too early. The mother is critically ill and no updated news has been released, the baby is being cared for in the intensive care unit. Hopefully we’ll hear good news in this case soon. Congrats to the new mom and dad, may your baby gain weight quickly.
Also in the swine flu news, a 14 month old baby is being treated …read more
2nd Baby Dies from Swine Flu
May 19, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Beyond Preschool, Finances, Health, News & Media
The second baby has died from what is believed to be the swine flu, err H1N1 disease. This is the same flu that a baby boy in Texas died from at the beginning of the announcement. Before this second baby passed away there had been an announcement that there had been 6 deaths in America, the sixth one happened to be an assistant principal, Mitchell Weiner, in New York
Many people are starting to think, “it’s not going to happen to my family” or “it’s not a big thing.” But now it’s starting to make me think twice, currently we don’t …read more
Momma’s Coffee Chat Friday
May 1, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Infancy, Mommy Extras, News & Media, Parenting
It’s Friday again and this will be open all weekend long. So, what is it you want to talk about this weekend? How about your opinion on this “Pig Flu” errrr wait a minute I think it is now called H1N1? My kids of course thought it was Heinie (the butt) hehe.
This week I learned that the baby of the family, now 2, thinks he is invisible if he closes his eyes. I was scolding him, aka talking stern, and he closed his eyes as if he couldn’t see me so I couldn’t see him. I realized what he was …read more






