Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (August 7, 1963 - August 9, 1963) is the last son of President of the United States John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. She is the younger brother of Caroline and John Jr.; another daughter was stillborn. Born prematurely, Kennedy lived more than 39 hours before the desperate attempt to save him failed, putting the First Family and the nation into mourning. Three months later, his death was defeated by the murder of his father, but the death of Kennedy's baby brought hyaline membrane disease (HMD) into public consciousness and inspired further research.
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Biography
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In August 1963, 34-year-old Jackie Kennedy was in her third year as First Lady and in the third trimester of her fifth pregnancy. She had suffered a miscarriage in 1955, followed the following year by a baby girl who was born dead who they planned to name Arabella (after the Arbella ship). Two healthy children have followed, Caroline in 1957 and John Jr. in 1960. Since John was also premature, he asked his obstetrician, John W. Walsh, to accompany him when he and his sons spent the summer in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The nearby Otis Air Force Base Hospital has also set up a suite for her if needed.
On Wednesday morning, August 7, Jackie Kennedy invites Caroline and John Jr to ride horses in Osterville, Massachusetts. As the boys were cycling, Kennedy felt a labor pains. Walsh was summoned, and they were taken by helicopter to Otis Air Force Base.
President Kennedy was at the White House at the time. August 7 was the 20th anniversary that day the Navy had rescued her in World War II after she spent five days stranded on an island in the Pacific. Kennedy had led the Torpedo Motor Vessel PT-109 when hit by a Japanese destroyer, killing two crewmen. His heroism has helped launch his political career. PT-109 and August 7 was never far from his mind; he kept the boat scale model on a shelf in the Oval Office and daily using a metal tie buckle shaped like a torpedo boat, with PT 109 stamped in his bow.
All that could explain why Kennedy's friends and other World War II naval veterans Ben Bradlee were convinced that when the secretary of the president, Evelyn Lincoln, rushes into the Oval Office at 11:43 am on August 7th, Wednesday, to report that Jackie has gone to preterm labor on Cape Cod, there is "no way on God's earth" that he does not think, my son was born 20 years to the day when I was saved, a coincidence giving an additional emotional dimension to the day that will be among the most traumatic of his life.
Birth and care
When his father was in Air Force One, Kennedy was dispatched via an emergency caesarean section at 12:55. On August 7, 1963, at the Otis Air Force Base Hospital in Bourne, Massachusetts, five and 1/2 weeks before his time. Caesarean section performed by Dr. Walsh, who also sent John Jr. in 1960. His birth weight was 4 pounds 10 1 / 2 Ã, ons (2.11 kg). She is the first baby born to the sitting US president and First Lady since the 19th century.
Shortly after birth, Kennedy developed symptoms of hyaline membrane disease (HMD), now called infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS). It was detected by difficulty breathing in a few minutes. The President arrives, sees his son in distress, and is sent to a pastor. The baby was quickly baptized by the name of Patrick after his grandfather Joseph Patrick Kennedy (1888-1969) and Patrick Joseph Kennedy's great grandfather (1858-1929), and Bouvier for his mother's maiden name.
The President was allowed to move the baby in the incubator to the bedside of Mother Earth. James E. Drorbaught, a pediatric specialist at Boston Children's Hospital, was flown by helicopter from Boston to consult his case; he recommends transfer to Boston. Five hours after the birth of the baby, accompanied by Dr. Drorbaught, was rushed with an ambulance to Boston Children's Hospital, 70 miles (110 km) in less than 90 minutes. The transfer to hospital in Boston was originally reported as a "precaution," the White House said. His condition was accurately reported as HMD, but it was reported also needed at least four days to assess his condition, and that he was given medication to help his condition.
At that time, all that can be done for infants with hyaline membrane disease is to keep the patient's blood chemistry as close to normal as possible. Led by Dr. Drorbaught, who stayed awake all the time, the hospital tried everything possible to save his life. Kennedy was given hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), where it was placed in a hyperbaric chamber filled with 100 percent oxygen and pressurized over 1 atmosphere. At that time, it was revolutionary; New York Times describes it as "one of the latest interests of medical researchers".
Death and burial
Kennedy died at 4:04 am on August 9 - "despite a desperate medical effort to save him" - has lived 39 hours and 12 minutes. At the time of infant death, the president was outdoors with a hyperbaric chamber with his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. First Lady, then 34, remains at Otis Air Force Base Hospital recovering from a cesarean section. She was informed of the death of her son by Dr. Walsh. (He will comfort her again after the killing of her husband, he was in Air Force One with him when he returned from Dallas with the president's body). He was given sedatives and sleeping until the president flew from Boston. Very little is said about family reactions; White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger stated about the condition of the First Lady, "Given the circumstances, the conditions are quite satisfactory." The president, who reportedly slept only four hours from birth, was photographed arriving at the Otis Air Force Base that looked "grave and looking tired".
A small funeral mass was held on August 10, 1963, in the private chapel of Cardinal Richard Cushing in Boston. The president's mother was in Paris and told not to return to attend the funeral, although First Lady's sister, Lee Radziwill had flown from Greece before Kennedy died. Cardinal Cushing, the Boston Archbishop, was conducting a funeral mass, as he did for John F. Kennedy, was murdered 75 days later. Caroline's brother, then 5 years old, and John Jr., 2 1/2, were absent.
The child was originally buried in Holy Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, the president's hometown. His body and a dead-born sister, whom Jacqueline Kennedy called Arabella, buried again on December 5, 1963, with their father at Arlington National Cemetery, and then moved back to their permanent grave in Section 45, Grid U-35.
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Legacy
Kennedy's death made 1963 the "important year" for neonatology, still a relatively new field at the time, according to field history checks in the journal Neonatology. The increased public awareness of HMD leads to an appropriate increase in disease research, spurring the development of new medical ventilators, blood gas testing, and newborn intensive care practices in the United States and Europe. The first trial of potential treatment for HMD, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, was published in a few years, though not considered a clinical success. According to Dr. Suhas M. Nafday, director of Newborn Baby Services at Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, the boy's death "encourages neonatal researchers to act to look for effective management of respiratory disorders syndrome." In a follow-up review in clinical medicine, researcher Thor Hansen observes that the medical profession "medical profession has no means to help" Kennedy, "the newborn child of the most powerful man in the world," but fifty years later. , treatment of his condition will be considered routine and expected survival.
First Lady and President are severely affected by the child's death. Secret Service agent Clint Hill recalled the couple had a "closer, clearer relationship" seen after Kennedy's death. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger believes that while the President and First Lady have been brought closer by the White House, moreover they are with the death of their last child.
See also
- Premature birth
References
External links
- President John F. Kennedy on the Death of His Baby Child Patrick Bouvier Kennedy Shapell Manuscript Foundation
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