Baby Abiageal is still alive thanks to her mother’s instinct after doctors told her it was just "newborn jitters".
Her Baby Kept Shaking And They Said It Was Just Newborn ‘Jitters’ But Her Mother Knew Something Was Wrong
#1 From the day her beautiful baby girl was born, Tiffany Beach says she knew something was wrong with little Abiageal.
Behind that sweet pacifier, Tiffany says Abiageal would scream excessively and shake with tremors. Her mommy red flags were going off, but Tiffany says no one else at the hospital seemed worried.
#2 The doctors should know what they're doing, and they said the baby was fine.
"They kept telling us that everything was fine. It was newborn jitters. I assumed that they know what they're doing, so I didn't question it anymore," Beach says. But after a few days, she became worried because the shaking and tremors would not stop.
#3 Four days later, she was back at the hospital.
The baby had a high temperature, and wouldn't stop crying. However, she says she was told the baby was fine once again, and that didn't sit well with her. "I knew something. I had that feeling. Something just didn't seem right, you know?" Beach says.
#4 Tiffany says she just knew her daughter was having seizures, and she even videotaped the incident.
When Abiageal stopped eating and starting throwing up, Tiffany headed back to the hospital - this time, a different one. Her worst fears were confirmed.
Abiageal had a heart murmur, a stroke, seizures, blood on her brain. She had to go through several CAT scans and MRIs. The doctor was not very optimistic. She was dying. Abiageal got a 2 to 22 percent chance of life. Her parents were told there was a better chance they'd be burying her.
#5 She would not have been alive had they waited one more day to take her to the second hospital.
Abiageal does seem to be getting better, but she still has a feeding tube and a long, cripplingly-expensive road ahead. Her future isn't certain. Tiffany worries the delay in diagnosis could have implications for Abiageal, but they just won't know until she grows.
However, Abiageal does have a mom who won't ever stop fighting. And more than anything, she is thankful that she listened to her mother's instinct.
