Neonatal loss: “I didn’t want Kobe-James to suffer anymore” - Kariss’s Story
Neonatal loss: When Kariss’s baby boy Kobe-James was born at 22 weeks and three days, he was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and suddenly her world became machines, wires, alarms, oxygen and doctors. Kariss didn’t understand how someone so tiny could possibly be expected to fight so hard, but Kobe-James did as she stayed by his side. Then came the conversation no mummy should ever have to have when doctors asked Kariss if she wanted to turn off Kobe-James’s oxygen. Kariss knew how much she wanted her baby boy to stay but she also didn’t want him to suffer anymore so she made the most heartbreaking decision of her life and said yes. She held her beautiful boy in her arms and sang to him as he went to sleep.
