David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
Brady?s Story
ShotByShot.org: Stories of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Retrieved December 2013
Our son Brady was a healthy baby born on November 20, 2011, weighing in at 8 lb 6 oz. We were excited, but cautious parents. We even insisted that friends and family wash their hands or use hand sanitizer before holding our beautiful baby.
In early January, we noticed Brady was coming down with a cold. But when his fever spiked to 104, we had to rush to the ER for a whole bunch of tests. But after a while, they sent us all back home. After a scare like that, I started to send out Facebook posts to keep our friends and family updated on how Brady was doing.
January 9, 2012: I hate when one of my babies are sick. Baby to go to the ER on sat/sun morning because of a high temp they ran tests and everything came back negative thank god! Went to his pedi today got more blood work it?s just a cold no medicine thankfully he is fine! Hope my little guy gets better soon
January 11: Went to the pedi office this morning with my Brady pants his breathing was worrying us we have to do updraft treatments every few hours and go back for 6 to see the md poor little guy
January 15 : Home my sis is here bought us a humidifier for Brady for Christmas hopefully it will help with his horrible cough! When will this end its horrible having him so sick
A week later, we were back at the hospital. Brady?s condition changed from one day to the next.
January 16: Well Brady is being admitted to BMC for his breathing, we have a room in ICU for babies
January 17: Brady is still having a high respiration rate not a change I feel he?s getting worse I guess this particular virus this is what we can expect ?worse before better
January 17: Hhhhhhhh??wish he was better now :_(
January 17: Daddy went home to be with the girls and let them sleep in their own beds, just me Brady and the Bruins ♥ hopefully we have a quiet night? on a good note his breathing is getting better and he even gave daddy a smile before he left! Keep the prayers coming they are being heard! High possibility no breathing tube will be needed
January 17: Guess who?s awake and feeling a little better ♥
January 17: A little smile he is saving them all for the nurses little flirt!
January 18: Yeah they are going to try to give my little bruiser some food! when he wakes up I can or Jon whichever is here, a bottle its been well over a day and a half since he?s eaten ♥
January 19: This has been a long long journey, I don?t ever want to go through this again, and wouldn?t wish this upon my worst enemy. Brady is doing ok unfortunately he can?t eat on his own we have to put the feeding tube back in because oral feeding is too much right now for the little guy
January 20: Well 2 months ago I had my handsome little boy ♥ and today is day 5 in the pedi ICU, hopefully good news will be coming our way
January 21: My shift back at the hospital with the baby ♥ just wish we were out of here and home snuggling watching the snow fall as a whole family
January 21: It?s hard when you see everyone coming and going from this unit, seems everyone but Brady is getting better when will it end? Just want to bring my son home
So tired and exhausted hopefully some good news tomorrow
January 22: Don?t want to jinx but Mr Brady pants is being weaned off his oxygen flow. The respiratory md says he sounds and looks great and we soon can start the feedings back up keeping positive my little guy will be out soon
January 23: Brady is still doing the same they finally after 8 days started him on antibiotics they think its whooping cough the min we can leave is 5 days! this is the worst experience I ever had to go through so thankful to have Jon we are side by side holding each other?s hand balancing this and the girls boy after this we need a vacation
January 23: So now they have to place a breathing tube keep praying for my baby ♥
January 24: They are switching out the ventilator because his body wasn?t responding like they wanted it to; his carbon dioxide level was on the high side. Now they are starting him on heliox system?my poor baby just looks so still, I can?t wait till this Crap is done and over with
January 26: Just to let everyone know Brady?s status is not getting better not worse but we have a team of attendings that are going to be taking on his case with the md that he has had?they are assessing him now and going to brainstorm on what is going to happen next. Just want my baby back Healthy
We felt helpless. All we could do was hope and pray that our precious boy would get better. But he just kept getting worse. On January 27th, Brady was transferred to Children?s Hospital in Boston.
January 27: We are now at Boston?s children hospital, Brady is in critical condition his heart stopped and they had to give him compressions?we are waiting to see him they put him on a heart and lung bypass machine. They are worried about brain injury; please pray he will be a healthy boy playing baseball someday. I will try to update as much as I can
He passed away the next day, just barely 2 months old.
January 28: Brady Robert Alcaide 11/20/11~1/28/12 May the angels carry him home ♥
Jon and I were beyond stunned. The disease just moved so fast. It wasn?t actually until after Brady was gone that we got an official diagnosis that confirmed he had whooping cough. People don?t think much about diseases like whooping cough these days. I know that before going through this nightmare, I never would have imagined this could happen? and even the best medical care couldn?t help.
Losing a baby we loved is more than any parent should have to suffer. That?s why our new mission is to educate everyone to get a Tdap booster shot, especially if they have any contact with newborns. Nothing can bring back our baby. But hopefully we can help prevent another tragedy by getting our message out. A web page we started called ?Brady?s Cause? simply asks people to pledge to get vaccinated. It?s a simple gesture that could save a young life.
Thanks to everyone for sharing Brady?s Story. You are helping to raise awareness and make a difference. If you would like to comment or offer support to the family, please visit Shot by Shot on Facebook.
ShotByShot.org: Stories of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Retrieved December 2013
Our son Brady was a healthy baby born on November 20, 2011, weighing in at 8 lb 6 oz. We were excited, but cautious parents. We even insisted that friends and family wash their hands or use hand sanitizer before holding our beautiful baby.
In early January, we noticed Brady was coming down with a cold. But when his fever spiked to 104, we had to rush to the ER for a whole bunch of tests. But after a while, they sent us all back home. After a scare like that, I started to send out Facebook posts to keep our friends and family updated on how Brady was doing.
January 9, 2012: I hate when one of my babies are sick. Baby to go to the ER on sat/sun morning because of a high temp they ran tests and everything came back negative thank god! Went to his pedi today got more blood work it?s just a cold no medicine thankfully he is fine! Hope my little guy gets better soon
January 11: Went to the pedi office this morning with my Brady pants his breathing was worrying us we have to do updraft treatments every few hours and go back for 6 to see the md poor little guy
January 15 : Home my sis is here bought us a humidifier for Brady for Christmas hopefully it will help with his horrible cough! When will this end its horrible having him so sick
A week later, we were back at the hospital. Brady?s condition changed from one day to the next.
January 16: Well Brady is being admitted to BMC for his breathing, we have a room in ICU for babies
January 17: Brady is still having a high respiration rate not a change I feel he?s getting worse I guess this particular virus this is what we can expect ?worse before better
January 17: Hhhhhhhh??wish he was better now :_(
January 17: Daddy went home to be with the girls and let them sleep in their own beds, just me Brady and the Bruins ♥ hopefully we have a quiet night? on a good note his breathing is getting better and he even gave daddy a smile before he left! Keep the prayers coming they are being heard! High possibility no breathing tube will be needed
January 17: Guess who?s awake and feeling a little better ♥
January 17: A little smile he is saving them all for the nurses little flirt!
January 18: Yeah they are going to try to give my little bruiser some food! when he wakes up I can or Jon whichever is here, a bottle its been well over a day and a half since he?s eaten ♥
January 19: This has been a long long journey, I don?t ever want to go through this again, and wouldn?t wish this upon my worst enemy. Brady is doing ok unfortunately he can?t eat on his own we have to put the feeding tube back in because oral feeding is too much right now for the little guy
January 20: Well 2 months ago I had my handsome little boy ♥ and today is day 5 in the pedi ICU, hopefully good news will be coming our way
January 21: My shift back at the hospital with the baby ♥ just wish we were out of here and home snuggling watching the snow fall as a whole family
January 21: It?s hard when you see everyone coming and going from this unit, seems everyone but Brady is getting better when will it end? Just want to bring my son home
So tired and exhausted hopefully some good news tomorrow
January 22: Don?t want to jinx but Mr Brady pants is being weaned off his oxygen flow. The respiratory md says he sounds and looks great and we soon can start the feedings back up keeping positive my little guy will be out soon
January 23: Brady is still doing the same they finally after 8 days started him on antibiotics they think its whooping cough the min we can leave is 5 days! this is the worst experience I ever had to go through so thankful to have Jon we are side by side holding each other?s hand balancing this and the girls boy after this we need a vacation
January 23: So now they have to place a breathing tube keep praying for my baby ♥
January 24: They are switching out the ventilator because his body wasn?t responding like they wanted it to; his carbon dioxide level was on the high side. Now they are starting him on heliox system?my poor baby just looks so still, I can?t wait till this Crap is done and over with
January 26: Just to let everyone know Brady?s status is not getting better not worse but we have a team of attendings that are going to be taking on his case with the md that he has had?they are assessing him now and going to brainstorm on what is going to happen next. Just want my baby back Healthy
We felt helpless. All we could do was hope and pray that our precious boy would get better. But he just kept getting worse. On January 27th, Brady was transferred to Children?s Hospital in Boston.
January 27: We are now at Boston?s children hospital, Brady is in critical condition his heart stopped and they had to give him compressions?we are waiting to see him they put him on a heart and lung bypass machine. They are worried about brain injury; please pray he will be a healthy boy playing baseball someday. I will try to update as much as I can
He passed away the next day, just barely 2 months old.
January 28: Brady Robert Alcaide 11/20/11~1/28/12 May the angels carry him home ♥
Jon and I were beyond stunned. The disease just moved so fast. It wasn?t actually until after Brady was gone that we got an official diagnosis that confirmed he had whooping cough. People don?t think much about diseases like whooping cough these days. I know that before going through this nightmare, I never would have imagined this could happen? and even the best medical care couldn?t help.
Losing a baby we loved is more than any parent should have to suffer. That?s why our new mission is to educate everyone to get a Tdap booster shot, especially if they have any contact with newborns. Nothing can bring back our baby. But hopefully we can help prevent another tragedy by getting our message out. A web page we started called ?Brady?s Cause? simply asks people to pledge to get vaccinated. It?s a simple gesture that could save a young life.
Thanks to everyone for sharing Brady?s Story. You are helping to raise awareness and make a difference. If you would like to comment or offer support to the family, please visit Shot by Shot on Facebook.
