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Love Matters
By: Helen Date: February 16, 2016, 12:36 pm
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Love What Matters -
Monday at 7:50am ·
Carolyn Isbister was preparing for the worst. According to
doctors, her 20oz baby had just minutes to live. Sadly, her
heart was beating every ten seconds; she was lifeless.
"I didn’t want her to die being cold," Carolyn says, "so I
lifted her out of her blanket and put her against my skin to
warm her up. Her feet were so cold. It was the only cuddle I was
going to have with her, so I wanted to remember the moment.”
That's when in happened. The skin to skin contact and warmth of
her mother, jump started little Rachel's heart. It started to
beat correctly and short breaths were taken.
"We couldn’t believe it – and neither could the doctors. She let
out a tiny cry. The doctors came in and said there was still no
hope – but I wasn’t letting go of her. We had her blessed by the
hospital chaplain, and waited for her to slip away. But she
still hung on."
Carolyn continued, "And then amazingly the pink color began to
return to her cheeks. She literally was turning from gray to
pink before our eyes, and she began to warm up too.
The sad part is that when the baby was born, doctors took one
look at her and said ‘no’. They didn’t even try to help her with
her breathing as they said it would just prolong her dying.
Everyone just gave up on her.” Carolyn said.
“We were terrified we were going to lose her. I had suffered
three miscarriages before, so we didn’t think there was much
hope.” Carolyn noted.
The doctor added, "This is indeed a miracle baby and I have seen
nothing like it in my 27 years of practice. I have not the
slightest doubt that mother’s love saved her daughter.”
"Rachael did it all on her own – without any medical
intervention or drugs. She had clung on to life – and it was all
because of that cuddle." said Carolyn.
Rachel left the hospital at 8lbs - the appropriate weight for
any healthy baby.
"She is doing so well. When we brought her home, the doctors
told us that she was a remarkable little girl. And most of all,
she just loves her cuddles. She will sleep for hours, just
curled into my chest. It was that first cuddle which saved her
life – and I’m just so glad I trusted my instinct and picked her
up when I did. Otherwise she wouldn’t be here today.”
Photo courtesy of Worldwidefeatures.com
Daily Mail Online
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Re: Love Matters
By: Pat Date: February 16, 2016, 1:32 pm
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What a lovely and miraculous story.
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Re: Love Matters
By: James Date: February 16, 2016, 1:41 pm
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[font=comic sans ms]Who really knows what is the power of the
connection from a mother to her child.
Love will break every bondage, it has all ready broken the power
of death at the cross so why not in a hospital ward?[/font]
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