I've been following this trial, by chance of an article on BBC a little while back. I am from UK but have lived in Canada for the past 13 years. My 17 year old child was 730g/1lb 10oz. 28 weeks gestation, Pre-eclampsia, IGUR. We both nearly died. This was in Surrey, England. She was in the NICU for 4 months, and I had older children at school. I spent a lot of time, sitting in the rooms with my tiny, fragile baby watching the nurses and advocating for my child. There are good nurses and lazy nurses. I understand the machines and alarms and I have pulled nurses AND doctors up on issues I wanted answers to. My child was suspected NEC for weeks and weeks, with on and off feedings. They DO NOT mess around with even suspected NEC.
So good nurses, that's what we want in all nurse vacancies but unfortunately, you also get career and wage oriented nurses (and doctors, teachers and ambulance drivers and so on), I saw all different kind of nurses, doctors, consultants and volunteers in the period my baby was in NICU. I saw negligence from trainee doctors and I saw raw compassion from auxiliary nurses.
The difference this case presents is the deaths. I was submerged in a level 3 NICU for four months. I watched many babies come and go, but the go was home. I overheard other parents, I overheard staff talk. If there was anything suspicious, it was picked up straight away.
I dont know if Lucy Letby did this or not, my intuition says yes, the facts says yes but we haven't heard it all yet.
Think critically my friends.
