Baby's Death Shocks Family
By KAREN ANSON
Managing Editor
The heartbreak of apparent sudden infant death syndrome struck a Seminole family on Monday.
"He'd been fine Sunday night," said Terri Holliger, aunt to Joshua Blake Yates, three-month-old son of Bellanie Anne and Chad Michael Yates.
"I had watched him Sunday night and he was just so happy," Holliger said.
"He was smiling, seemed fine, whooped down two jars of baby food and part of a bottle. I was playing pattycake with him and he was laughing."
But sometime Monday morning, the strawberry blond baby boy just stopped breathing.
He was born Feb. 5, 1997, at Shawnee Regional Hospital, about two months premature.
"His lungs were premature, they kept collapsing," Holliger recalled.
But after only 10 days on a respirator at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City, he was pronounced well enough to come home.
"He did such a turnaround," Holliger said.
"All those prayers seemed to work. The doctors were amazed."
He came home to Seminole with his mother and his aunt and uncle, Terri and Grover Holliger.
"It was her and me and my husband throughout her whole pregnancy," Holliger said; the baby's parents were separated.
"He was just an excellent baby, you couldn't ask for better," Holliger remembered.
"He had just started smiling and cooing...he was a little sweetheart.
"He had the biggest old blue eyes."
Joshua seemed to recover from his rocky beginning.
"He was a real chow hound," Holliger said, laughing.
He returned for regular doctor's visits, but the visits were just precautionary.
"They said he was fine; his lungs never sounded right to me," his aunt continued.
Then Monday, Holliger's husband, called her at her job at Mathews Realty to tell her the baby wasn't breathing.
"My boss took me home," Holliger said.
"My husband was doing CPR on the baby until the ambulance arrived; they missed the driveway and my sister had to jump in the pickup to go flag them down."
Luckily Monday was the baby's mother's day off from her job at Walmart.
The baby was taken to Seminole Municipal Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 11 a.m.
"They worked on him for 45 minutes, then they came out and told us he didn't make it," Holliger said.
"My sister has been very upset," she said.
Joshua has one sister, 18-month-old Cara.
Graveside funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dora Cemetery, Konawa, under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home, also of Konawa.
Quinton Kay will officiate.
"It seems like a bad nightmare," Holliger said.
"My grandmother died about 10 months ago and my uncle two months ago.
"They know us by name at the funeral home, that's bad."
A burial fund has been established in Joshua's name at First United Bank in Seminole.
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By KAREN ANSON
Managing Editor
The heartbreak of apparent sudden infant death syndrome struck a Seminole family on Monday.
"He'd been fine Sunday night," said Terri Holliger, aunt to Joshua Blake Yates, three-month-old son of Bellanie Anne and Chad Michael Yates.
"I had watched him Sunday night and he was just so happy," Holliger said.
"He was smiling, seemed fine, whooped down two jars of baby food and part of a bottle. I was playing pattycake with him and he was laughing."
But sometime Monday morning, the strawberry blond baby boy just stopped breathing.
He was born Feb. 5, 1997, at Shawnee Regional Hospital, about two months premature.
"His lungs were premature, they kept collapsing," Holliger recalled.
But after only 10 days on a respirator at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City, he was pronounced well enough to come home.
"He did such a turnaround," Holliger said.
"All those prayers seemed to work. The doctors were amazed."
He came home to Seminole with his mother and his aunt and uncle, Terri and Grover Holliger.
"It was her and me and my husband throughout her whole pregnancy," Holliger said; the baby's parents were separated.
"He was just an excellent baby, you couldn't ask for better," Holliger remembered.
"He had just started smiling and cooing...he was a little sweetheart.
"He had the biggest old blue eyes."
Joshua seemed to recover from his rocky beginning.
"He was a real chow hound," Holliger said, laughing.
He returned for regular doctor's visits, but the visits were just precautionary.
"They said he was fine; his lungs never sounded right to me," his aunt continued.
Then Monday, Holliger's husband, called her at her job at Mathews Realty to tell her the baby wasn't breathing.
"My boss took me home," Holliger said.
"My husband was doing CPR on the baby until the ambulance arrived; they missed the driveway and my sister had to jump in the pickup to go flag them down."
Luckily Monday was the baby's mother's day off from her job at Walmart.
The baby was taken to Seminole Municipal Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 11 a.m.
"They worked on him for 45 minutes, then they came out and told us he didn't make it," Holliger said.
"My sister has been very upset," she said.
Joshua has one sister, 18-month-old Cara.
Graveside funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dora Cemetery, Konawa, under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home, also of Konawa.
Quinton Kay will officiate.
"It seems like a bad nightmare," Holliger said.
"My grandmother died about 10 months ago and my uncle two months ago.
"They know us by name at the funeral home, that's bad."
A burial fund has been established in Joshua's name at First United Bank in Seminole.
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Baby's Death Shocks Family
By KAREN ANSON
Managing Editor
The heartbreak of apparent sudden infant death syndrome struck a Seminole family on Monday.
"He'd been fine Sunday night," said Terri Holliger, aunt to Joshua Blake Yates, three-month-old son of Bellanie Anne and Chad Michael Yates.
"I had watched him Sunday night and he was just so happy," Holliger said.
"He was smiling, seemed fine, whooped down two jars of baby food and part of a bottle. I was playing pattycake with him and he was laughing."
But sometime Monday morning, the strawberry blond baby boy just stopped breathing.
He was born Feb. 5, 1997, at Shawnee Regional Hospital, about two months premature.
"His lungs were premature, they kept collapsing," Holliger recalled.
But after only 10 days on a respirator at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City, he was pronounced well enough to come home.
"He did such a turnaround," Holliger said.
"All those prayers seemed to work. The doctors were amazed."
He came home to Seminole with his mother and his aunt and uncle, Terri and Grover Holliger.
"It was her and me and my husband throughout her whole pregnancy," Holliger said; the baby's parents were separated.
"He was just an excellent baby, you couldn't ask for better," Holliger remembered.
"He had just started smiling and cooing...he was a little sweetheart.
"He had the biggest old blue eyes."
Joshua seemed to recover from his rocky beginning.
"He was a real chow hound," Holliger said, laughing.
He returned for regular doctor's visits, but the visits were just precautionary.
"They said he was fine; his lungs never sounded right to me," his aunt continued.
Then Monday, Holliger's husband, called her at her job at Mathews Realty to tell her the baby wasn't breathing.
"My boss took me home," Holliger said.
"My husband was doing CPR on the baby until the ambulance arrived; they missed the driveway and my sister had to jump in the pickup to go flag them down."
Luckily Monday was the baby's mother's day off from her job at Walmart.
The baby was taken to Seminole Municipal Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 11 a.m.
"They worked on him for 45 minutes, then they came out and told us he didn't make it," Holliger said.
"My sister has been very upset," she said.
Joshua has one sister, 18-month-old Cara.
Graveside funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dora Cemetery, Konawa, under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home, also of Konawa.
Quinton Kay will officiate.
"It seems like a bad nightmare," Holliger said.
"My grandmother died about 10 months ago and my uncle two months ago.
"They know us by name at the funeral home, that's bad."
A burial fund has been established in Joshua's name at First United Bank in Seminole.
Seminole Producer
http://seminoleproducer.com/
By KAREN ANSON
Managing Editor
The heartbreak of apparent sudden infant death syndrome struck a Seminole family on Monday.
"He'd been fine Sunday night," said Terri Holliger, aunt to Joshua Blake Yates, three-month-old son of Bellanie Anne and Chad Michael Yates.
"I had watched him Sunday night and he was just so happy," Holliger said.
"He was smiling, seemed fine, whooped down two jars of baby food and part of a bottle. I was playing pattycake with him and he was laughing."
But sometime Monday morning, the strawberry blond baby boy just stopped breathing.
He was born Feb. 5, 1997, at Shawnee Regional Hospital, about two months premature.
"His lungs were premature, they kept collapsing," Holliger recalled.
But after only 10 days on a respirator at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City, he was pronounced well enough to come home.
"He did such a turnaround," Holliger said.
"All those prayers seemed to work. The doctors were amazed."
He came home to Seminole with his mother and his aunt and uncle, Terri and Grover Holliger.
"It was her and me and my husband throughout her whole pregnancy," Holliger said; the baby's parents were separated.
"He was just an excellent baby, you couldn't ask for better," Holliger remembered.
"He had just started smiling and cooing...he was a little sweetheart.
"He had the biggest old blue eyes."
Joshua seemed to recover from his rocky beginning.
"He was a real chow hound," Holliger said, laughing.
He returned for regular doctor's visits, but the visits were just precautionary.
"They said he was fine; his lungs never sounded right to me," his aunt continued.
Then Monday, Holliger's husband, called her at her job at Mathews Realty to tell her the baby wasn't breathing.
"My boss took me home," Holliger said.
"My husband was doing CPR on the baby until the ambulance arrived; they missed the driveway and my sister had to jump in the pickup to go flag them down."
Luckily Monday was the baby's mother's day off from her job at Walmart.
The baby was taken to Seminole Municipal Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 11 a.m.
"They worked on him for 45 minutes, then they came out and told us he didn't make it," Holliger said.
"My sister has been very upset," she said.
Joshua has one sister, 18-month-old Cara.
Graveside funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dora Cemetery, Konawa, under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home, also of Konawa.
Quinton Kay will officiate.
"It seems like a bad nightmare," Holliger said.
"My grandmother died about 10 months ago and my uncle two months ago.
"They know us by name at the funeral home, that's bad."
A burial fund has been established in Joshua's name at First United Bank in Seminole.
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http://seminoleproducer.com/
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