Joseph's Story   — becky halter, OH, USA

OUR PRECIOUS GRANDSON, JOSEPH PASSED AWAY TWO DAYS AFTER BIRTH, DEC 11,2007. HE WAS OUR FIRST GRANDCHILD AND OUR DAUGHTER'S FIRST CHILD. SHE HAD TWO GBS TESTS AND BOTH WERE NEGATIVE. JOSEPH WEIGHED ALMOST 9 LBS AND HAD A LITTLE FLUID IN HIS LUNG. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST FINE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. WE ARE STILL DEVASTATED. IF WE DID NOT HAVE OUR FAITH, I DON\'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR. IT WAS SO NEEDLESS. IT JUST ISN'T RIGHT. HE WAS THE FIRST BABY AT OUR HOSPITAL TO EVER HAVE GBS MUCH LESS DIE FROM IT. SINCE HIS DEATH THE HOSPITAL'S POLICY NOW IS EVERY WOMAN IN LABOR MUT BE GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS. I KNOW IT MAY SOUND SILLY TO SOME, BUT BECAUSE OF JOSEPH'S DEATH OTHER BABIES WILL NOT GET SICK LIKE HE DID.