‘I Told Myself I Was Imagining It’: Parents Find ‘Stillborn’ Baby Alive in the Hospital Morgue, Condition Now Critical
- Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:20pm by
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Parents of Luz Milagros who thought her stillborn until they went to take a photo of her in the hospital morgue. (Photo: AP)
The daughter of Analia Bouter was declared dead upon birth in Argentina last week. Complications are common for infants born three months premature. Later in the day after the birth, the parents requested to visit the hospital morgue where their infant had been kept in a refrigerated coffin to take a photograph. There they found not a still, lifeless body but a cold, crying and very much alive little girl.
The Herald Sun reports Bouter saying she fell to her knees at the sight, considering it a miracle. Now, Luz Milagros, or “Miracle Light,” is still in critical condition and the physicians involved in declaring the baby stillborn have been suspended. The Heard Sun has more of the backstory:
Ms. Bouguet told the TeleNoticias TV channel in an interview on Tuesday night that doctors gave her the death certificate just 20 minutes after the baby was born, and that she still hasn’t received a birth certificate for her tiny girl.
Ms. Bouguet said the baby was quickly put in a coffin and taken to the morgue’s refrigeration room. Twelve hours passed before she and her husband were able to open the coffin to say their last goodbyes.
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“I moved the coverings aside and saw the tiny hand, with all five fingers, and I touched her hand and then uncovered her face,” she said in the TeleNoticias interview. “That’s where I heard a tiny little cry. I told myself I was imagining it — it was my imagination. And then I stepped back and saw her waking up. It was as if she was saying ‘Mama, you came for me!’
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Neonatology chief Diana Vesco at the Perrando hospital in Resistencia announced Thursday that Luz is in critical condition, suffering from sepsis and other complications related to premature birth.Vesco said the baby is on a ventilator and antibiotics, and has suffered convulsions along with signs of neurological damage.
The Herald Sun reports that the family is prepared to sue the hospital. Bouter said she had four children prior to Luz and found it odd she was given general anesthesia for her labor and that she was denied requests to see her child before she was taken to the morgue. The Daily Telegraph has more from Bouter who is accusing the hospital of negligence:
She said she thought she had broken water days before Luz was born and went to the hospital only for doctors to tell her incorrectly that the liquid was urine.
“They told me to wait,” she said. “And then on Monday [April 2], they gave me an ultrasound scan and saw that there was no amniotic fluid around the baby.
“It was complete torture. Doctors had planned a Caesarean section, but when I went into the delivery room, they told me to give birth naturally, as if Luz was already dead. But on the monitor you could see her heart beating.
“After I gave birth, they put me to sleep without telling me what happened.”
Fox News reports the hospital is conducting an investigation as to how this error occurred. Rafael Sabatinelli, the deputy health secretary of Chaco Province, said each professional involved holds some responsibility and will have to “pay for this.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Comments (78)
4xeverything
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 6:25amIt didn’t say, but did they leave the baby in the same hospital? An army could not remove me from my child’s side after that…not even to go to the bathroom.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:45amAnd this is the kind of Third World doctors Bumacare will insure our lives with.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 2:22pmSounds to me like Obamacare did a cost benefit analysis and detremined it would better to save the money and not give the 3 month premie the help it needed. Unfortunately for the hospital the parents wanted to see it before it actually expired. I woulod own that hospital before I’ld stop the lawsuit.
Report Post »snooop1e
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:07amDon’t they have “universal” healthcare in Argentina?
Report Post »Master_and_Commander
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 3:44amwow, what a true miracle. I hope this little baby survives
Report Post »BarbWire
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 2:55amYes, I want to know, too. Do they have socialized medicine there?
Report Post »ICAtlasShruggin
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:06amArgentina has a mix of both socialized and private. It depends on whether you go to the public or private hospital.
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:25pmAre you a Moron, does everything have to be political…it does not male a difference whether it was socialized medicine or not, this is a human story about survival and negligence. My wife was had a burst appendix and the doctor misdiagnosed it as the stomach flu at one of the best private hospitals in America. So for all the deep thinkers on the Blaze put your moronic politics aside and just look at this story as Human drama, with a miracle that ensued. One more think Moron, the USA has the highest infant mortality rate in the industrialized world, behind Croatia.
Report Post »rookies55555
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 11:24pmThe US does not have the highest mortality rate in the world, in fact the US is the number one country to give birth in, why? because we bring more births to full term where every other country’s would abort a complicated birth thus, not counting toward their infant mortality rate. Are you following this? You are being fooled by statistics and you should take the time to investigate before you come to conclusion and think that the US is behind 3rd world country’s in the medical field. If you want your baby to be born and have the best chance of survival than do it in the USA.
Report Post »valleyfever
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:58amDo they have socialized medicine there?
Report Post »this1can
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:34amthe hospital waited twelve hours before she could see her baby maybe they thought that would be long enough for the cold morgue to take effect. How could they not know that baby was alive if after twelve hours in the cold it was crying it had to have more strength when they put the baby in there then it did twelve hours latter. what a blessing that must of been for the parents to find her alive. we pray for her to gain her strength and be healthy… Love/Pray
Report Post »Xyskalla
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:03amLittle Luz, our prayers are with you.
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:22amThe same thing happened 2000 years ago to Jesus. To the people standing by watching the events that took place on Calvary it appeared to them that Jesus had died, it looked like Jesus was dead, but he was alive.
Report Post »Thomas
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:49am@Surhan Surhan: I suppose the only hope you you have is that your words are true? There is a reason I assure you that Jesus’s dying and then being resurrected bothers you. Forgive yourself my friend before its too late and repent to THE TRUTH (Reality).
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:30am@ THOMAS- At what point while on the cross did Jesus die?
Report Post »BarbWire
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 2:54am@Surhan, What really keeps you from believing that Jesus died, was pronounced dead by Roman soldiers experienced with this punishment? What motivation do you have to not believe it? Do you think you will convince some Christians to not believe? Or are you questioning because you want to believe in Jesus death burial and resurrection, and in his personal loving interest in you? Muslims believe Jesus because I read the Koran, Catholics believe, Protestants believe. Billions of people believe. There is more written evidence to Jesus than to anyone else in those times.
Report Post »Master_and_Commander
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 3:49am(John 19:31) ”Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.”
Your a smart guy, right SURHANSURHAN? I think you can figure out what that last part means…
Report Post »kae-II
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 7:05amRecommended reading: The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. Here’s the link:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Case-Christ-Journalists-Investigation/dp/0310209307/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334314805&sr=8-1
Report Post »Zoe
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 7:10am@SS-
Your free to disbelieve as you wish-
He saved me, He’ll save you…….. If you want him to. Free will is what it is…….
Just stand firm in what ever your convictions are & go in peace…………………
Report Post »Faith_Grace
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 7:23amWell said Zoe!!!!
Report Post »mjazzguitar
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:17amHow did Jesus move the stone?
Report Post »http://theosophical.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/the-size-of-the-stone-covering-jesus%E2%80%99-tomb-2/
SurhanSurhan
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:13amI love Jesus, I respect him, I revere him, I want to follow him. Christians say Jesus died for the sins of the world. Where’s your proof? The assertion that they saw he was dead is not proof of his death. The doctors in this story saw that the little girl was dead. They put her in a vault, but she was alive. They thought Jesus was dead. They put his body in a tomb and as it turns out he was alive.
Mark 16:9-11: Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
11And they, when they had heard that he was ALIVE, and had been seen of her, believed not.
Report Post »mdeputy7
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:41am@surhansurhan…
Hey. Have you actually read the accounts of what happened at the cross? When they saw that Jesus had died, they thrust a SPEAR into his side!! Good luck living through that after not getting medical care and being put in a tomb. Come on.
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 4:33pm@ MDEPUTY7- John 19:34: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
To some of the people standing by the blood and water is a sign that Jesus is still alive. To them, it means that his circulatory system (heart is still pumping) is still working.
Mark 16:1: And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Anoint means to ‘rub or massage’. Why would Mary Magdalene come to rub or massage a dead rotting body? As soon as she touches it it would crumple in her hands. She’s not looking for a dead rotting body. She’s expecting a live Jesus. She was there when they brought the body down from the cross. She had seen signs of life in Jesus. She’s not expecting him to be dead.
Report Post »snooop1e
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:10amUmmmmmmmmm Jesus ACTUALLY died, that’s the whole point, let me guess, you are “Not Of This World”
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 5:52am@ SNOOOP1E- Where’s your proof. Just because you say something over and over doesn’t make it true.
Report Post »Sully9378
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:11pmAs a christian I believe Jesus died and rose from the dead three days later due to the lack of evidence of the contrary. In other words you lack the evidence to prove that Christ was alive when being placed in the tomb. You also can not dismiss Tomas placing his hand into the side of Jesus over a week after a spear was thrust into his side. A wound like that even in those days would have to be cleaned and closed up. Even being stabbed in the gut would be a mortal wound. It is also recorded more then five hundred people saw him walking around. As a child I had a nail shoved through my foot in an accident, believe me when I say you don’t just get up and walk around. Jesus truly is God incarnate.
Report Post »The46Percent2008
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:43pmAwesome! Let’s have the same kind of healthcare in this country! Bring on Obamacare! Wahoo!!! Praise God for this amazing miracle of life!
Report Post »ReallyAUnionGuy
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:56pmhaving delivered 11 babies in the field over the last 17 years, including, breech and pre mature babies, all I can say is……thats one major screw up….. you are correct, thank God for this miracle and you are also correct……Obamacare will eventually lead to this here in the US
http://www.firefightersforfreedom.blogspot.com
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:08amThis was intentional. They are socialists and don’t want to spend the exhorbitant amounts of money it would have taken to save her. This is Obamacare.
Report Post »RedManWalking
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:36pmDear Lord God, there are many good people here praying for Baby Luz. Please hear and answer our prayers for her. Please give the Bouter Family a miracle of good health, happiness and long life for one of Your most special creations. In the name our Lord Jesus, this is asked.
Report Post »BlenGeck
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:48pmOnly commie liberal democrats abortion lovers would allow this. Proud of yourself obama voters?
Report Post »mils
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:54pmGod help this family.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:33pmMy doctor told me today that if Obama Care goes into effect and you are 72 or older you will not be treated for anything, not even a cold. 72 and older are considered a drain on society. Obama Care anyone?
Report Post »Darlie
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:53amHow old was Grandma Moses when she started painting? At what age did Pres. Reagan retire? Middle age looks old to a 20-something doctor. God help us.
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:20amTrue, they would rather the seniors die so they can put that treatment $$ toward 10 marxist teachers indoctrinating the youngsters on how to be a good eco-facist communist.
God bless this baby, we are praying for you little one!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:23amLOOK…Obama is NOT going to be re-elected. There are only 20 percent of them plus the nutzoid MSM and GEORGE SOROS’S $. There are 3.5 times MORE of us. GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. GET OUT THERE AND ELECT a GOP SENATE and HOUSE. THE $$$ Problems BEGAN in 2006 with Piglosi and her DEM HOUSE and REID with his DEM SENATE. PS IF anyone dares to say anything about ROMNEY being a MORMON tell them: SO IS HARRY REID. SO???
Report Post »rockstone
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:15pmSocialized medicine anyone? Maybe….just maybe. The doctors were just under instructions to save a buck or two.
God had another plan.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:15pmA miracle for sure. Having said that, however, the doctors involved should go back to medical school.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:10pmOh! What an amazing miracle! Praise God! I hope & pray that little Luz Milagros gets well & lives a happy life full of joy & love.
Report Post »marthasusan40
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:02pmGod Bless them, I will pray for this tiny little person and her family…
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:56pmI am praying for her
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:06pmSame here and for the entire family; God has delivered a true miracle of great wonder in this case, as to the medical staff that messed it up, may justice be swiftly delivered.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:55pmThat is truly amazing! That a 3-month premie was able to survive 12 hours in a refrigerator? I bet some adults couldn’t pull that off.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:41pmThis is amazing…….That mother was determined. ~~>The Lord works in mysterious ways. No?
>Guess there should be wakes for stillborns too.
Report Post »mom4times
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:41pmOMG….what a nightmare that turned into a miracle…..I can’t begin to imagine what the parents went through…God Bless them
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:07pmAmen .. I will be praying that she survives and thrives .. what a little fighter .. God Bless this family.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:39pmIt makes one wonder what the world elites are hoping to achieve because when the world population drops off by the billions, the wicked won’t be coming back anyways, and the spiritual conqueror will never let the world population reach into the billions again. Either way the wicked will be damned and you’re not really getting yourself anymore time, but that you are actually digging a deeper hole.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:38pmPrayers…
Report Post »Captain77
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:35pmWho says God is no longer a God of miracles!? Now that they have been given such a miracle, I hope they can also take a lesson from His son and forgive those who erred so greatly.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:35pmPrayers for little Luz and her parents! I can’t begin to imagine how difficult this is for them.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:35pmI am praying for Luz!!
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:14pmYes. Prayers for this precious life and for her family.
Report Post »David in OKC
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:33pmUnbelievable! This whole story sounds like a lot more than just a medical error. Sounds more like they‘ve uncovered a human trafficking ring to me but that’s just my gut feeling. I could be wrong.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:50pmA baby on ice would mean what? body parts or stem cells???
That is really disgusting……apologies for the expressed thought.
>Long, healthy loving lives to that family.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:31pmThe parents are gonna try to sue the hospital, in Argentina? Good luck with that. They’ll disappear quietly, no doubt. God Bless and keep that precious close to You. She needs Your help more than ever.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:45pmChild should go between precious and close. Sorry.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:26pmComming to a hospital near you… Obammy-Care.
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