Mother tweeting while son dies....

chile_chicken · December 2009

Has anyone seen this? Not cool.

https://news.msn.co.nz/article/985323/mother-was-tweeting-while-son-dies

React's Girl · December 2009

What a Twat~

CleanQueen151 · December 2009

wow.

rhannan · December 2009

Ugh, seriously?!?!?

That's insane.

mrsmegs06 · December 2009

That's awful!

nikll34 · December 2009

I think tweeting or facebooking would be the LAST thing on my mind if anything happened to my son. That's just wrong IMO.

mrsnicolew · December 2009

Ok really? I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like she was tweeting instead of performing CPR on her little boy. It was AFTER the paramedic arrived that she tweeted. And it doesn't say where she sent the tweet from. Could have been from her phone while she was at the hospital. She was asking for prayers and if she has 5000+ followers like the article said and only 1 in 5 of them actually prayed that 500 people storming the gates of Heaven on your son's behalf. She probably thought the more people praying the better.

chile_chicken · December 2009

I can see both sides. I just personally think that tweeting would be the last thing on my mind if something serious like that had just happened. I would be too distraught to share the news with others that close to the event happening.

daniellejeanne35 · December 2009

mrsnicolew:
Ok really? I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like she was tweeting instead of performing CPR on her little boy. It was AFTER the paramedic arrived that she tweeted. And it doesn't say where she sent the tweet from. Could have been from her phone while she was at the hospital. She was asking for prayers and if she has 5000+ followers like the article said and only 1 in 5 of them actually prayed that 500 people storming the gates of Heaven on your son's behalf. She probably thought the more people praying the better.

I do not agree! Although T&Ps are wonderful in that situation, I really don't think I'd be in any state of mind to be tweeting. Even if it was from my phone. Calling family members is one thing, but tweeting to 5000 people that she most likely doesn't know seems a bit heartless.

Bill&Cheryl · December 2009

it's terrible about the boy, but what a twit she is. who would even think to post a comment WHILE something horrible is happening.

such a joke

mlf625 · December 2009

People are sick. ?And seriously - LOL to anyone who would even TRY to defend her behavior as reasonable. ?As someone who has an outside baby, I can guarantee you NO sane mother would be tweeting while her child's life was in jeopardy. ?Ugh.

Kiki-licioius · December 2009

mrsnicolew:

Ok really? I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like she was tweeting instead of performing CPR on her little boy. It was AFTER the paramedic arrived that she tweeted. And it doesn't say where she sent the tweet from. Could have been from her phone while she was at the hospital. She was asking for prayers and if she has 5000+ followers like the article said and only 1 in 5 of them actually prayed that 500 people storming the gates of Heaven on your son's behalf. She probably thought the more people praying the better.

I was thinking this as well. The title of the article is misleading.

Also a friend of mine, her kids and DH got into a car accident. Her and her son made it out with no scratches but her DH was in critical condition. She posted a FB status asking for prayers as well.

It's a sad situation either way. I wouldn't be tweeting in a situation like this but I've seen people lose somone and it take a while for it to actually realize that they just lost someone.

wifey type · December 2009

wow......

BoSoxbride · December 2009

mlf625:
People are sick. And seriously - LOL to anyone who would even TRY to defend her behavior as reasonable. As someone who has an outside baby, I can guarantee you NO sane mother would be tweeting while her child's life was in jeopardy. Ugh.

Totally agree.

mrsnicolew · December 2009

mlf625:
People are sick. And seriously - LOL to anyone who would even TRY to defend her behavior as reasonable. As someone who has an outside baby, I can guarantee you NO sane mother would be tweeting while her child's life was in jeopardy. Ugh.

I am a mother to an outside baby as well. I'm pretty sure I'm sane and my DD is a happy, loved, clothed, fed, and educated child so I don't think I would be voted "worst mom of the year". That being said, yes, tweeting or updating my FB status would probably be the last thing on my mind in a similar situation however, I can see why she did it. That's all I'm saying. Relax.

mlf625 · December 2009

mrsnicolew:
mlf625:
People are sick. ?And seriously - LOL to anyone who would even TRY to defend her behavior as reasonable. ?As someone who has an outside baby, I can guarantee you NO sane mother would be tweeting while her child's life was in jeopardy. ?Ugh.
I am a mother to an outside baby as well. I'm pretty sure I'm sane and my DD is a happy, loved, clothed, fed, and educated child so I don't think I would be voted "worst mom of the year". That being said, yes, tweeting or updating my FB status would probably be the last thing on my mind in a similar situation however, I can see why she did it. That's all I'm saying. Relax.?

Um, thanks for the advice, but I'm pretty relaxed here.

And I still think you'd be insane if you were tweeting or FBing while looking at your maybe-dead child in an emergent situation. ?If your child is hospitalized and you've been at his/her bedside for days and truly want to solicit prayers .... okay, that I can see. ?But tweeting while paramedics work on your kid? ?Nope. ?Not sane.?

itkatydid@gmail.com · December 2009

I think it is pretty crazy that people are so fast to judge her... I don't know her baby just died... what she did to cope with that, I think it is her business. Yeah, maybe not the wisest choice or one that we might make but she lost her son.... I think that gives her the right to do anything (legal) she wants. If she wants to ask her friends, twitter or otherwise, for support then go ahead.

daniellejeanne35 · December 2009

itkatydid@gmail.com:
I think it is pretty crazy that people are so fast to judge her... I don't know her baby just died... what she did to cope with that, I think it is her business. Yeah, maybe not the wisest choice or one that we might make but she lost her son.... I think that gives her the right to do anything (legal) she wants. If she wants to ask her friends, twitter or otherwise, for support then go ahead.

her son died 5 minutes after the tweet.

ScissorTailedFlycatcher · December 2009

mrsnicolew:
Ok really? I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like she was tweeting instead of performing CPR on her little boy. It was AFTER the paramedic arrived that she tweeted. And it doesn't say where she sent the tweet from. Could have been from her phone while she was at the hospital. She was asking for prayers and if she has 5000+ followers like the article said and only 1 in 5 of them actually prayed that 500 people storming the gates of Heaven on your son's behalf. She probably thought the more people praying the better.

I agree with this. The article makes it sound like she was tweeting instead trying to save his life or that it happened as the doc announced time of death. People grieve in different ways. Perhaps this is her way. I was texting and updating FB on my way to L&D 4 weeks ago to ask for prayer. Does that make me a twit?

britishbride05 · December 2009

shortyred919:
mrsnicolew:

Ok really? I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like she was tweeting instead of performing CPR on her little boy. It was AFTER the paramedic arrived that she tweeted. And it doesn't say where she sent the tweet from. Could have been from her phone while she was at the hospital. She was asking for prayers and if she has 5000+ followers like the article said and only 1 in 5 of them actually prayed that 500 people storming the gates of Heaven on your son's behalf. She probably thought the more people praying the better.

I agree with this. The article makes it sound like she was tweeting instead trying to save his life or that it happened as the doc announced time of death. People grieve in different ways. Perhaps this is her way. I was texting and updating FB on my way to L&D 4 weeks ago to ask for prayer. Does that make me a twit?

yeah, i guess some people just deal with situations differently. i don'tk now that i would tweet/fb update if something like that happened, but maybe she's so used to it, she just kinda did it. i'm not saying it was right or wrong, just... some people cope differently.

oh, and on my way to the hospital for DD and i was about to have an emergency induction, yeah i fb updated it for t&p's...

TalulaSue · December 2009

shortyred919:
mrsnicolew:
Ok really? I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like she was tweeting instead of performing CPR on her little boy. It was AFTER the paramedic arrived that she tweeted. And it doesn't say where she sent the tweet from. Could have been from her phone while she was at the hospital. She was asking for prayers and if she has 5000+ followers like the article said and only 1 in 5 of them actually prayed that 500 people storming the gates of Heaven on your son's behalf. She probably thought the more people praying the better.

I agree with this. The article makes it sound like she was tweeting instead trying to save his life or that it happened as the doc announced time of death. People grieve in different ways. Perhaps this is her way. I was texting and updating FB on my way to L&D 4 weeks ago to ask for prayer. Does that make me a twit?

ITA. Though it might not make any sense to others, every single person faces tragedy differently. No one should be judge someone else, you have no idea what she's feeling at that moment. Yes, it's strange, but good lord, she just lost her son, is it really the time to pick her apart?? When my dad died, I went silent, wouldn't talk to anyone, didn't answer my phone, nothing. My brother on the other hand was constantly on the phone, having friends over, going to people's houses. it was the only thing that kept him a little bit sane. I see people here everyday asking for T&P, this is what she was doing

ScissorTailedFlycatcher · December 2009

britishbride05:

[yeah, i guess some people just deal with situations differently. i don'tk now that i would tweet/fb update if something like that happened, but maybe she's so used to it, she just kinda did it. i'm not saying it was right or wrong, just... some people cope differently.

oh, and on my way to the hospital for DD and i was about to have an emergency induction, yeah i fb updated it for t&p's...

I think this is a good point. She had 5,000 followers. If she has that many, I'd render a guess that she updates habitually (maybe even because she's addicted). If you are habitually updating your status like it's nothing, she probably didn't think twice about doing it. I can't say that I blame her.

jhoanna.delgado · December 2009

I don't have a tweeter account or FB too much, but I don't think she should be criticized because of this. Some people can't live with out this now days. It's like when some of the ladies ask on the bump if they should call the doc b/c they're getting some kind of symptom.

It's not like she was tweeting instead of saving her baby. Texting and emailing while driving is way worse.

fIowerchild · December 2009

Keianna · December 2009

I think if you would send a text to friends and family asking for prayers that it isn't much different than tweeting for them.

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