My brother is my guardian angel, but he's going to hell because of my mistakes.
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A little back story. I had a son who died a month after he was born. I had complications, he didn't get enough oxygen and at birth he was blue and wasn't breathing. He didn't cry when he was born. <br>He was premature and had to be ventilated. He was doing fine the first week but unfortunately contracted a virus that babies don't usually survive and his oxygen levels were so low they had to put him on ECMO. <br>The virus had damaged his brain and he sustained brain damage. <br>He ended up fighting for his life for three months and the doctors eventually said that they needed to turn off the ventilator, ECMO, and all other life saving machinery.<br>He was taken off life support and his brain wasn't developed enough and couldn't breathe and it lasted only 13 seconds.<br><br>It's been three years since that day and I'm still a wreck. It has taken me a lot to function and I've been in therapy for two years. To say the least, I'm not doing well and I became an alcoholic because of all the grief I have. <br>Five months ago I got a new job and was doing well and my oldest brother was living with me, to keep an eye on me and take care of me, as he had in the past. <br>One day while driving home from work I had a car accident and the baby I was carrying in the car didn't make it. I was 3 months pregnant and didn't survive. The baby was on life support for three days and then they took the ventilator off and she died shortly after. Because of this, the police charged me with manslaughter because it was my fault and I was drunk driving. <br>My brother posted bail and I've been staying with my parents waiting for court. <br>My brother called me yesterday and told me that he is going to plead guilty to the charges against me, because he wants me to be able to take care of myself, says he can handle it and will take the punishment for it. I don't want him to do it but he wants to. He said he's doing it for me because I don't have to go through another loss. He's doing it because he loves me.<br><br>Edit: I should mention that I was given a breathalyzer by the police at the scene and failed. They said I had a blood alcohol level of .15 and my brother lied and said he was driving, but they didn't believe him. So the charges against me aren't going away and he's taking the blame for it.
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