
Most unfortunately, your infant may be born with significant and permanent brain damage if you experience complications during your labor delivery. Namely, this may result if your infant experiences oxygen deprivation during birth, physical trauma while in your pelvis or birth canal, or maternal infections during your pregnancy. At any rate, you may slowly accept the fact that your infant will endure significant, permanent loss. With this, the least you may want to do is offer them the financial security to give them the best quality of life possible moving forward. So please follow along to find out what action you must take if your infant incurs brain damage after their birth delivery and how a proficient New York infant brain damage attorney at Mark L. Bodner, P.C. can help your infant’s situation.
What are the ramifications of infant brain damage?
The degree of impairment or disability your infant may experience from their brain damage may depend on the extent of brain cell destruction or degeneration they experienced during your pregnancy or labor delivery. But down the line, they may experience any culmination of the following complications to their health:
- Learning disabilities (i.e., difficulty spelling, reduced cognition and memory issues, etc).
- Speech and language problems (i.e., slurred speech, difficulty understanding conversations, etc).
- Balance and movement problems (i.e., dizziness, vertigo, tremors, etc).
- Behavioral problems (i.e., aggressiveness, restlessness, impulsivity, etc).
- Cerebral palsy, seizures, or epilepsy.
- Coma, vegetative state, or death.
What legal action should I take if my newborn incurs brain damage?
As a parent, you may automatically feel guilt and blame yourself for your infant’s pain and suffering. But you must understand that their incurring brain damage was likely due to no fault of your own. Going back to the examples mentioned above, the doctor who performed your labor delivery may have failed to detect complications and fetal distress and subsequently ordered an emergency C-section. Or, the doctor who treated you throughout your pregnancy may have failed to detect an infection and subsequently offer a treatment plan for it.
At any rate, you must identify the at-fault medical professional and file a medical malpractice claim against them. And, for the sake of your legal claim and more importantly your infant’s well-being, you should take your infant to another trusted medical professional for further observation and treatment. This is so you can identify the extent of your infant’s brain damage and thereby the extent of their future medical needs and associated bills. Ultimately, this is so your infant can reach as close to a full recovery as possible.
We hope that this blog offers the insight you were searching for. For more information, we encourage you to contact a talented New York City birth injury attorney from Mark L. Bodner, P.C. today.