A Utah mom has sparked a debate on social media after she shared a video of a dance routine subsequent to her sick new child son on TikTok.
Whitney Leavitt, the lady within the video, appeared within the TikTok subsequent to her new child son, who she defined was affected by a respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
She wrote within the since-deleted video: “Lil lee (or Liam) was taken in reason for oxygen. He examined optimistic for RSV”.
“Ready for him to breathe higher on his personal,” she added, whereas Kendrick Lamar’s2017 hit single Love performed within the background.
The video appeared to have been shared in response to someone who requested the lady: “Sending prayers…however what occurred? I’m so confused”.
It’s now not obtainable on her TikTok account, the place she had earlier documented her being pregnant with Liam, who was born on 4 December.
The TikTokker, who has greater than 477,000 followers on the social media platform, mentioned in one other TikTok that she was conscious she made folks upset and apologised.
“I perceive that persons are upset with the video that I made,” she mentioned in an emotional video shared to social media on Sunday.
“I simply need to be clear and talk that that was me simply making an attempt to be optimistic. I believe it’s essential to not simply assume what somebody goes by means of,” the mom continued.
“In any case, I took the video down as a result of I may see the place someone may get the improper thought. However that actually was simply me simply making an attempt to be optimistic on this state of affairs.”
She was accused of trivialising her son’s sickness on Twitter, with one particular person writing: “As a result of if this isn’t an indication that this baby goes to be uncared for in favour of TikTok fame I don’t know what’s.”
“What bothers me much more”, another wrote, “is the truth that she has no tears when saying publicly that her child’s life is at risk however then there may be a lot when she makes a video feeling sorry for herself that individuals misunderstood her.”
Others in the meantime took to her defence and argued: “Clearly her smiling and dancing is a entrance and never how she really feels.”
“It’s so much more durable to share if you’re speaking to a digital camera about your child almost died, simple to do a foolish dance and add captions later,” the Twitter person added.
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