A 7-month old baby died today, after being left in a parked car in the sweltering St. Louis heat. Police are currently investigating.  The car, parked at Washington University medical school today, was spotted on the lot in the 4500 block of Clayton Avenue.  Passers-by saw the baby in the car and broke the window with a rock, and attempted to revive the baby.

The baby's mother is a pediatrician and her father is a medical researcher.  The identity of the parents have yet to be released.  Early assumptions allude to the parent’s becoming confused about which one had the child. 

It is not clear how long the child was left in the vehicle.

This story definitely made my stomach flip when I first caught wind of it.  I know this is a new parent's worse nightmare. To be blessed with this wonderful gift that completely trust you with their life and you "F" it up. 

I can actually believe how they could have thought the other had the baby.  I know there were a few glitches when Mera was a newborn.  One day Myron and I got everything packed up to go on some type of outing (I can't remember exactly where we were going.)  We had diaper bags packed, extra sets of clothes, the stroller was broke down and Mera was bundled up in her pumpkin (car) seat.  I was carrying my purse, the diaper bag, etc. Myron had the stroller and all.  We got to the garage, and as we were putting everything in the car, we just looked at each other like, oh crap!, we didn't even speak on it.  We just both turned and ran, no sprinted back inside the house b/c we had everything except the most important thing, Mera.  Of course she was sitting in her pumpkin seat by the door just goo gooin and ga-ga-ing like everything was all good.   

Seriously, I don't know if the couple that lost their 7-month old baby today has other kids, but I had to get adjusted to the fact that it wasn't "just me" anymore.  But today's case is an extreme case that ended in death.  I don't think any punishment is going to make this couple feel any worse than they probably feel right now.  And a pediatrician too, that's not a good look.  I was just a management trainee at Enterprise, when I left my baby in the comforts of our living room for all of 3 minutes.  Pray for this family as they come to grips with the untimely death of their new child.

Now, with that said, I hope I don't have to retract any of this once more details come out.  I don't want to hear about something shady going on, because if I do...you will be the first to know.  Or maybe the second, because I have to find out about it before I can put you up on it, you know.

Now if this was truly a case of;

     "I thought you had the baby."

     " No, you said you were going to get her."

     " Why do I have to get her.  I always do everything...etc. etc."

I bet anything that this couple will get a divorce.  How can you bounce back from that.  But miracles happen everyday.  Only time will tell..

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