A woman says just hours after her son's birth, "one nurse's bad decision" led to severe burns on the child's leg and foot, and the story has gone viral on social media. Erlanger Health System confirms they are investigating the incident.
On December 3, Kaley Duncan shared a
public post to Facebook after her recent delivery. In the post, she says roughly 24 hours after her healthy baby boy was born, he was taken to the nursery by a nurse to have
a PKU test done.
In the post, Kaley says the nurse put hot water in a diaper and wrapped it around the boy's foot and leg with a heel warmer. She says the water was so hot it caused 2nd and 3rd degree burns to her newborn son.
Kaley says her son was taken to a burn unit in Nashville, and was later admitted to the NICU. The post says he stayed there for six days, during which time he was given morphine, Tylenol, and Ibuprofen in addition to being on an IV and having a nasogastric (NG) tube. She says after he was discharged, the family also had several appointments with a plastic surgeon.
"This whole situation should’ve never happened," she writes in her post, "It all took place because of an ignorant decision made by one nurse."
Kaley says in the post that her son is now almost completely healed, and "as of now, shouldn’t have any long term effects besides scarring and possibly losing his pinky toenail."
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