Going Through Trials with God: 7 Lessons Learned Through Shaken Baby Syndrome

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I knew right away, her father had hurt her really bad. I found him standing in the doorway, holding a lifeless baby.’: Granddaughter suffers from shaken baby syndrome at the hands of her father, grandma works to pass Child Abuse Registry bill And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 When I was a tiny 5-week-old baby my biological dad became angry at me for crying. He shook me violently and threw me against a wall.’ I found something called social retail through someone I consider to be a very trusted, wise, mentor.

This life of being single mom to a shaken baby survivor is tough, but she is a fighter and she wants to live, and I will always be fighting right beside her. One thing I would like for people to get out of my story is, if you are in a relationship with someone who has been abusive towards you mentally or physically, never leave them alone with a child. Especially if there is a possibility they may be under the influence of something. I have my ideas about what happened to my daughter, but the reality is I may never know for sure other than what doctors and investigators tell me.”

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After Christa passed away, my older daughter and I struggled with my husband being away at work for 12 hours at a time. He worked in health care and had no other option but 12 hour shifts where he worked. First, I want to mention a statistic. According to restoring hearts counseling, 77% of Christian men between 18-30 years old look at pornography at least monthly. 36% of those men view it on a daily basis. Another thing I want to mention is neither of us have college degrees. You don’t have to have a business degree to create passive income for your family. If you’re interested in any of the 3 income streams that I mentioned, comment “streams” or send a text to 865-456-1501.

Reading that hurts my heart. If you’re going through an issue with your spouse involving pornography, I hope that helps you see it’s not just your spouse. Don’t take his viewing pornography personally. It’s not your fault. This life of being single mom to a shaken baby survivor is tough, butshe is a fighter and she wants to live, and I will always be fighting right beside her. One thing I would like for people to get out of my story is, if you are in a relationship with someone who has been abusive towards you mentally or physically, never leave them alone with a child. Especially if there is a possibility they may be under the influence of something. I have my ideas about what happened to my daughter, but the reality is I may never know for sure other than what doctors and investigators tell me.” Where can you go online to get training or to learn more about the income stream you want to start? A big cause of self-pity is when we focus so much on what is not there, that we can’t see what IS there. Feeling sorry for yourself can produce harmful results. Here are a few ways you can help yourself defeat self-pity: I replied ‘No! I don’t want to see her that way.’ Something told me to go. As I walked into the room all I can remember is seeing white except for her tiny blue hand that was bouncing up and down as they were doing compressions. I wanted to just lie down and die with her. Courtesy of Sierra Hunt

She was discharged after 4 weeks and I was given custody of both children. DCS had asked both me and the father to take polygraph tests. I finally began to come out of denial after I was told her father failed his. He has never confessed to anything, but DCS investigators fully believe he shook her. The investigators told me they believed he was not acting right after they had told me, ‘we think you hurt your daughter,’ and I burst into tears and cried, ‘there’s no way, I would never hurt her!’ The investigator said, ‘I am sorry I had to do that to you, that is how we expect someone to act when told that, and your husband isn’t acting how we would expect him to.’ I knew what passive income was at that time, and I found myself regretting not having it. I don’t want a situation like this to happen to you, which is why I’m speaking up about it and sharing my own story. I arrived at the ER by myself very confused. The night before I had asked her father how she was and each time his reply was she was doing well. As I walked toward the ER I heard the worst noise I had ever heard in my life. It was a moaning sound and I remember thinking, ‘there is no way that’s my daughter.’ It was. Doctors and nurses were running in and out asking me a hundred questions that I had no answers to. I looked into my 3-month-old’s eyes and all I saw was a blank stare. The smiling happy baby that I just held the day before was not there anymore. The doctors were able to get her stable enough to be transferred to a Children’s Hospital. I still had no idea was what happening. They told me I couldn’t ride with her and to head to the Children’s hospital. Courtesy of Sierra Hunt

Remind yourself of who you are in Christ. Stop focusing so much on yourself and other people, and pivot your focus to be on God. Self pity is very tempting, but you Can overcome it through Jesus’ power. She also recently released her book, Going Through Trials With God: 7 Lessons Learned Through Shaken Baby Syndrome, in memory of her precious daughter, Christa who was taken too soon because of shaken baby syndrome at just 3-months-old.

She didn’t have to tell me – I knew my daughter was gone. That was the moment that broke me. I began sobbing and screaming ‘she’s dead!’ My daughter was on life support for two weeks. The doctors told me she would most likely never come off of it, and if she did, it wouldn’t be during her first try. She came off of the vent her first try after being on it for two weeks. They also told me that she would most likely never move or open her eyes. After a few weeks she opened her eyes and began moving her arms and legs some. Sierra Cooke is the mother of four children, two who live on earth, and two who live in Heaven. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina and works for a local ministry as a houseparent along with her husband, Canyon. Sierra lives her life with the purpose to encourage women to live Christ-centered, happy, and healthy lives through her podcast and online wellness business.