Workaholic Dad’s Emotional Letter After Finding Out His 8-Year-Old Son Died During A Conference Meeting

TELL PARENTS! When SUDEP claimed my sister many years ago, it was not yet named or recognized. She just somehow died of what never killed anyone. We were devastated. Two years later, SUDEP was acknowledged. TELL PARENTS SUDEP CAN HAPPEN and not just to juveniles. My sis was over 25. Thank you, and please be aware of both SUDEP and SEIZURE FIRST AID (patient on side, nothin gin mouth, keep head safe from hitting things, time seizure, note symptoms, and just always call 911 b/c you never know, okay?)... Peace.

to all the parents that *have* to work long hours, to keep their family fed (especially the single parents)... as a kid of such parents, may I please say that the best solution is: FOCUSED time, doing something that the kid wants to do WITH YOU. It may be once a week, for 1-2 hours. But if it is some part of their world that you can enter, and experience, it will mean the world to them. It can be as simple as colouring-in, playing 'tea', watching them climb a tree, having a picnic & reading a book outside, listening to them sing. Whatever it may be: if it's consistent, and constant.... it IS enough. Consistency is more important than duration. I wish you all good things.

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man in the moon "When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when" But we'll get together then You know we'll have a good time then

I feel for this dad and his overworked self. It made me realize how lucky I was to work from home and enjoy my son as he was growing up. I dropped him off at school in the morning and picked him up in the afternoon. As we drove home he would always say, Can we go to the park? And we did. Later the question was, Can we play put put? Mini golk that was near his school, and we always did. I love the fact that I got have a son and to enjoy all those wonderful times. I am sorry for your loss but you are lucky you have another son and a chance to make the most of it and appreciate him. Good luck.

I have lost two of my babies. My first daughter in 2016 only lived about 15 minutes. My son was stillborn just 6 months ago. His twin, my only living child spent 17 days in the NICU and is now growing and thriving. With my husband's full support, I quit my demanding job to stay home. It's so nice to know that on his days off we KNOW 100% that we can all be together and we don't have to work around my work schedule too. Yes, it's made things tight but I cherish every day I wake up with her and no amount of money will change that. This kind of grief is compounded by now having a child that is a twinless twin and every milestone and life event the living twin encounters, the parents will also be thinking about the twin that passed and what they should be sharing with their sibling. Our doctor also told us to watch out for survivors guilt in our daughter as she grows older. He said it's very common with the living twin. Breaks my heart anyone has to suffer this unimaginable loss.