Belief in Miracles

I've said more than once, that I really have a great job!

I get to be a part of a moment in these families lives, a moment that stays with them forever!

Occasionally, you are lucky enough to have a family that you really make a connection with!

10 days ago, I had just that family!

Mama C, and her wonderful husband, expecting baby #4!

A co-worker of mine said "Wow, you struck gold with them, didn't you?!" 

Yep, I did.

I spent a large amount of the night in their room, just talking.

Not even about "nurse-y" stuff, just stuff.

It was awesome!

But through the night, things did not progress as I would have liked. 
Nothing that had me sending out

alarms, but little things that kept nagging at me. 
I just didn't have a great vibe and said as much to the nurse taking over.
 I left at 7:30am feeling bummed that things probably wouldn't go as this family had planned.

Understatement of the decade.

9:03am:  Mama C stopped breathing.

The next 35 minutes were the most harrowing minutes most of my colleagues can ever remember.

 35 minutes that rocked our entire unit.

I won't go into details, but when I came back to work at 7:30pm,
I was told that Mama C was in the ICU and Baby C was shipped out to another facility. 
Neither of them doing well.

I cried

A lot

I went to see her and cried some more.

She was strong.

The next night, I went to see her again.

She was talking.

I hugged her, and breathed a sigh (or a million) of relief.

Much to everyones' amazement and joy, she left the ICU in just 2 days

and went to our regular post-partum unit!

Baby C was sent back here after 5 days!  Yeah!
Last night I was thrilled to be able to hold and snuggle Baby C while
chatting with his mommy!

Tomorrow, both Mama C and her sweet little one are headed home!!! 

Together!

They are strong, they are survivors,

They are AMAZING!

This birth has confirmed my belief in miracles!

God is Good!