On August 18th, I was admitted to Hospital Jayme Santos Neves to be induced. The recommendation was to go there because my pregnancy was considered high risk due to high blood pressure that was not being controlled, not even with medication.
On August 19th at 6 am, José was born—healthy and perfect, after a normal birth. It was an enormous joy. We went up to the room, and hours later they took him to a heated crib because his temperature was 36.2°C, and the ideal is 36.5°C. My mother went with him, and I went to rest.
I woke up to the sound of my baby crying and a smell of something burning. When I got to the room, there were already several people there and a commotion. They took me downstairs to where the NICU is, and my mother told me what had happened.
– A nurse had taken a piece of cotton, heated it on a metal plate that acts like an ember, put it inside José’s sock, and then put his onesie back on. He immediately started crying a lot. They claimed it would soothe him, and they even put their finger (with a glove) in his mouth to calm him down since he’s very sweet, but the burning continued, and the smell grew stronger. My mother noticed that his onesie had changed color and removed it. When she took off José’s sock, his foot was already burned—the sock and the onesie too.
– Thank God my mother was there in time, because otherwise I might not have my son today—he could have been completely burned.
Now, he is at the Children’s Hospital, in the NICU, and tomorrow they will perform surgery to determine the depth of the burn and what needs to be done. There are many details I haven’t even written here because the neglect was so extreme it makes me sick.
My son was born healthy, and just hours later, our lives were turned upside down in a terrible way. I am in postpartum recovery. Even though my birth was normal, I had 20 stitches and am not being given the right to rest as I should. My son was denied the right to exclusive breastfeeding, and I am spending sleepless nights away from him, suffering damages that will never be forgotten.
We were supposed to be discharged today if it weren’t for this situation. Now, I don’t know when I’ll be able to bring my baby home.
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