The pregnant Shelly Cawley from Concord in North Carolina
(USA) is wildly excited about being to be able to hold her first child in her
arms soon. But the day that the 23-year-old and her husband Jeremy have longed
for so long is to be their worst nightmare. As Shelly goes into labor, the
doctors need to perform an emergency Caesarean section.
The baby, the little Rylan, arrives completely healthy. But
a blood clot triggered during the operation has clogged important arteries! The
young mother falls into a coma. "The doctors had done everything they
could. At this time, they were absolutely sure that they would lose
Shelly," Jeremy recalls. "You are so unbelievably excited that your
child is born ... and in the next moment you believe you'll have to say farewell
to your wife forever. It was like being numbed."
But then a nurse named Ashley Manus has an idea: "We
knew that skin contact from a mother to her newborn can be very helpful - so
why wouldn't work the other way around?" So they take the naked baby and
lay it on the chest of the comatose mother. "I was hoping that Shelly was
still in there somewhere, so she could feel her baby and her heart, to let her
mother instincts wake up," explains the nurse.
But as soon as the baby Rylan touches her mother, she falls
asleep peacefully. "We tickled her, even gave her a couple little
pinches," tells the dad Jeremy. "It lasted 10 minutes then she gave a
loud scream."
And the unbelievable happens: "We saw the heart monitor
flash to life. The screaming had brought Shelly back into the fight. I had my
wife back!" remembers Jeremey with tears in his eyes. Shelly's condition
stabilized. After a week, the 23-year-old wakes up completely out of the coma -
and can finally, and for the first time, hold her baby in her arms. "I
stared at Rylan's face and thought to myself that she was the most beautiful
baby in the world," says Shelly. "I know that every mother thinks
that, but we had such a special connection after everything that
happened."
The sweet little blonde has just celebrated her 1st
birthday. "Last year I fought for my life and this year I have a wonderful
1-year-old daughter," delights Shelly. "When she's grown up, I'll
tell her that she saved my life."
Shelly and Jeremy Cawley couldn't be happier about the
little miracle that saved the young mother's life. What a fantastic happy end!
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Source : www.hefty.co