LEBANON — Wendy and Kenneth Floss of Maineville say the joy of having their son has been tainted because of a hospital mistake.

        In a lawsuit filed this week in Warren County Common Pleas Court, the couple alleges that Bethesda North Hospital gave their 2-day-old son to another newborn's mother who breast-fed him.

        As a result, the family faces treatment and testing for infectious diseases, the lawsuit says.

        “Transmission of diseases has not been ruled out,” said George M. Parker of Mason, the Flosses' lawyer.

        Joe Kelley, spokesman for Tri-Health Inc., with which the hospital is affiliated, on Friday said the company generally does not comment on pending litigation.

        As the parents were preparing to take their baby home, a hospital employee wheeled a bassinet labeled “Floss” into Mrs. Floss' room. But the baby's wrist tag bore another surname, Mr. Floss, 31, said Friday.

        “Immediately, we recognized that was not our son,” he said.

        “I was heartsick. The first thought was: Where is my baby? And then there was just the sinking feeling that something wrong has happened,” he said.

        After some searching, Mr. Floss said he and members of the hospital staff tracked down the other infant's mother — who had just finished breast-feeding his son.

        “The hospital was not interested in helping them in any way from that point,” Mr. Parker said.

        The couple seeks more than $25,000 in damages for medical testing, physical pain and mental anguish.

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