Kenosha family taking legal action against hospitals after losing child to MRSA

KENOSHA, Wis. (CBS 58)– A Kenosha loved ones is mourning the loss of their 7-thirty day period-aged daughter soon after a bacterial an infection was discovered also late. They claim the hospitals they took her to didn’t do enough to assist their toddler and now they want justice.

Charles and Rocio Cunningham are sharing their story as an notify to mom and dad on the worth of fighting and demanding a lot more from medical practitioners, particularly when there is a really serious healthcare difficulty with your child. They say physicians did not act in time to assistance their youngster who was combating for her daily life.

“You have a voice. Be a greater advocate than what we have been. Really don’t permit them overlook you. Do not allow them dismiss you. You know when something’s erroneous with your little one or with your self, so battle a lot more, need a lot more from them,” explained Rocio Cunningham.

The Cunninghams rushed their daughter, Calani Sol, to the emergency home at Aurora Health care Heart in Kenosha on Feb 20. They say she was not sensation nicely. 

Medical professionals diagnosed her with Covid-19 and sent them dwelling with guidelines to handle her signs and symptoms. Calani on the other hand, was not strengthening.

They then took her to Kid’s Healthcare facility in Milwaukee, begging the medical practitioners to do additional tests on her. They said the health professionals told them her signs and symptoms were usual in Covid people.

“She was not consuming, her belly then acquired rock really hard and her neck also became really swollen. In accordance to them (medical doctors), this was all regular simply because she had analyzed favourable for Covid,” explained Cunningham. 

Inevitably, she got even worse and died on Feb 25 from MRSA, a staph infection.

“We, as mother and father, took her to the very best spot for kids in hopes that they would find out what’s erroneous with her and correct her so we can convey her again house, and they just permitted her to get even worse appropriate just before their eyes,” stated Cunningham.

Now the relatives is taking legal motion, expressing negligence led to her death.

“It’s quite discouraging to us due to the fact they have so quite a few assets at both of those hospitals that I took her to, but both of those areas ended up incredibly negligent and they failed to want to do additional other than just label her as a Covid patient,” stated Cunningham.

“She was joyful. Which is the 1st matter that generally arrives to my brain when I believe about Calani is just how satisfied of a little one she was and how fantastic of a little one she was,” explained Charles Cunningham, Calani’s father.

In a assertion, Kid’s Clinic responded to the incident saying: “Children’s Wisconsin is committed to providing the most effective and most secure treatment to each individual child and relatives we provide, and we have a process in put to critique considerations and function with families.”

Aurora has issued a assertion regarding the passing of Calani Sol: 

“The basic safety of our sufferers is constantly our leading priority, and our hearts go out to this family for their unimaginable loss.”

“It truly is awful to eliminate our 7-thirty day period-previous toddler who was a pleasure in this residence. We want to be capable to share her tale and hope that when parents are studying this story, they study from what we went by way of,” mentioned Cunningham.

The family is scheduling a fundraiser on April 16 at Johnny’s Pour Dwelling in Enjoyable Prairie to support with healthcare and legal fees and most importantly, increase recognition to other folks by sharing their tale.

More facts on that and a hyperlink to the GoFundMe site to assistance with expenses can be observed below.