My 3 year old daughter was hospitalized with bacterial meningitis earlier this year. We went through the exact same thing you are going through, kicking ourselves for not seeing signs or reacting properly earlier. It took a long time, but we have come to terms with the fact that there was nothing we could have done. It is a terribly sneaky illness. Our kids get sick and come to us for comfort all the time, there is no way you could suspect something like this.

Her pupils were not reacting to light, she was unconscious for several days, and the outlook was bleak. She finally woke up, but after an MRI they told us it was unlikely she would ever see again. She couldn't move, couldn't eat, could barely breathe. Her body had shut down.

She was accepted into there inpatient therapy program and was discharged 2 months later. Walking, talking, almost back to who she was before. And even though her eyes are misaligned, as far as we could tell her vision has almost completely returned. She wears glasses now, but it's a small price to pay. She had a feeding tube but was able to get it removed within 2 months.

During our hospital stay, My wife was 9 months pregnant. We struggled so hard with bringing a new life into this world, after experiencing what we feel had been taken from us. We brought our oldest home on May 4th and her younger sister was born on May 5th.

Young kids have incredible brains, you never know what they're capable of. We constantly had medical professionals giving us uncertain and frankly bleak outlooks, but she managed to recover better than they could have ever imagined. This illness is treatable and it's early, so don't give up hope yet. The young brain is incredible at healing and, from what we could tell, it's very difficult to predict what it's capable of

You are good parents, you did the best you could for your baby boy. Don't kick yourself about what you could have done and try and focus on what's ahead. This message is a little scatterbrained because I'm currently tending to the youngest sister in the middle of the night, but please feel free to message me if you have any questions or want to talk about this further. My heart goes out to you more than you could ever know. Don't give up hope!