on august 7, five weeks before her due date, she went into labor. she gave birth to a boy, patrick bouvier kennedy, through an emergency cesarean section at the otis air force base. the baby's lungs were not fully developed, so he was sent to boston children's hospital. he died of hyaline membrane disease two days after birth. jacqueline was at otis air force base to recover after patrick was born. her husband went to boston to be with patrick and was there when patrick died. on august 14, the president returned to otis to take her home and gave a speech to thank nurses who had cared for her. as a thank you, mrs. kennedy gave the hospital staff gifts from the white house.