Breastmil's Monologue

On March thirtieth two thousand thirteen, I gave birth to my sixth child and second son William Jonah Sanchez. Little William was such a beautiful baby boy and my older son Noah who is autistic was so happy to have a little brother. Over the next few months of his life, W.J, as we affectionately call him, struggled to gain weight and was slowly falling off the growth charts. I was having to take W.J to doctor’s visits several times a week to no avail. The only thing every doctor agreed on was that I needed to stop nursing my son. They had various reasons behind their recommendations, he was allergic to my milk (not possible as he would have died before he left the hospital), I was not producing enough milk, I did not know how to breastfeed …show more content…
IGA stands for immunoglobulin A which protects you from respiratory and gut infections. The only way to replace IGA is through breastmilk. Not only was my breastmilk fine but it was helping his immune system. In July of that year I took a picture of W.J and I noticed his head seemed oddly shaped. I took my son to the pediatrician a couple days later and when I mentioned his head shape the doctor thought he was okay but ordered a CT scan just to be sure. At first the radiologist thought everything was fine but the next day they changed their mind and my son was diagnosed with Sagittal Suture Craniosynostosis. My son’s skull was fused along the sagittal suture. On September fifth of that year W.J underwent surgery to remove fifteen percent of his skull followed by one year of helmet therapy. For four years, my husband had been encouraging me to go back to school to become a RN, but I was hesitant to go back because I was content working as a LPN. After going through this journey with my son I felt a calling from God that I was needed as a RN to help children going through surgery and other health