Stories of Lost Children
My beautiful Kayleigh Ruth
by Leanne Crayton, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
On September 26th 2008 I gave birth to a beautiful 7lb 3oz 19in baby girl. She was amazing and perfectly healthy. A few days after she was born we took her home. We spent everyday together smiling and playing. On November 11th 2008 tragedy struck. My fiancé and I fed her a bottle at 2am and at 5am I woke up and found my baby girl lifeless, cold and blue. It was the most horrifying day of my life. I ran her into the living room and started CPR while we called 911. After about 10 minutes the fire fighters were the first to show up and they took over. All I could do was beg them to save my baby girl. Then the ambulance showed up and took off to the hospital. I rode in the ambulance while my fiancé rode with a friend of ours. They worked on our little angel for about 45 minutes and the entire time I prayed for her to be ok, or just take me instead. At 6:01am the doctor came in and they had pronounced her dead. I collapsed to the floor sobbing. I felt like my heart was ripped out. We came home from the hospital and were greeted by our co-workers (we are both in the air force) Then had to go through the investigation by the police who also were waiting for us. (they investigate all infant deaths)I was so angry at the police for sitting there and asking us questions to find out if we did this to our baby. The entire day friends came in and out to show their support and we waited for our families to get there all from other states. I just sat their alone in disbelief. The following morning we had a memorial service on base. The Thursday after she passed we drove to Pittsburgh and had our baby girls viewing and funeral. I just got her death certificate in the mail. Her death was ruled as SIDS. I haven’t even got her birth certificate yet. My heart is broken. I am not sure how I will get through. Some days I don’t even want to get out of bed. If anyone who has been in this situation or would like to talk please feel free to email me. I need someone to talk to who knows the feeling I have. my email is Leanne.Crayton@yahoo.com God Bless
Leanne RIP My beautiful Angel,
9.26.08-11.11.08 KAYLEIGH RUTH CRAYTON
rest easy angel girl...
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