Sids Awareness

What is Sids?

 SIDS is the sudden death of an infant under one year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (Willinger et al, 1991).

 In a typical situation parents check on their supposedly sleeping infant to find him or her dead. This is the worse tragedy parents can face, a tragedy which leaves them with a sadness and a feeling of vulnerability that lasts throughout their lives. Since medicine can not tell them why their baby died, they blame themselves and often other innocent people. Their lives and those around them are changed forever.

My Story

My husband and I had a beautiful baby girl. We named her Brittany Lynn and she was the center of our world. We were blessed with her for 2 months and one week. We awoke on a Sunday morning getting ready for church and when I went to get her she could not be woken up.

Losing a child has most likely bee the most difficult thing in my life. Fortunately I have also been blessed with a beautiful son that I treasure each and every day. My husband and I will hold her memory in our hearts and remember her with every being of our soul.