What a DAY!

Today was one to be remembered. I witnessed, first hand how miracles happen, the power of an unbreakable bond between Mother and Child. Truly amazing!

My friend Krissy had the world scariest thing happen to her yesterday. Something none of us will ever experience, hopefully. Her heart stopped. Straight up, stopped. peripardom cardiomyapothy = scariest shit ever.

Here is the story;
She dropped her 7 week old, darling daughter, Lily off with her sister-in-law so she could go to the gym for an hour. Got to the gym, had a heart attack, heart stopped, she collapsed. Luckily there were 2 EMT's working out and jumped in to help. She was brought back by defibrillator, twice and taken to Tuality ED (closest to the gym). She was stabilized (sorta) and put on cooling treatment for 24 hours. Chrissy and I got there soon after we got a call from her fiance to find her in horrible state. She was on life support, covered by a super cool blanket, her body temp was a 91F and she looked terrible. My heart broke when I walked into that room and saw her laying there. She is a mother, a wonderful mother and she needed to be with her daughter. I asked if Lily had been in to see her yet and Krissy's mom said that the nurse last night would not let her come in to the ICU. Lily was at her sister-in-laws place being well taken care of under these horrible circumstances. We spent the day at the hospital switching off who was able to be in the room with her. Sometime in the mid afternoon the neurologist came in and did some tests on her to check from responsiveness.. yelling in her face, rubbing her eyeballs with a q-tip, rubbing her hands and reflexes with her feet... and nothing. He gave the family news that nobody wants to here, he feared the worst, major brain damage.

Krissy's mom (Phyllis) came out heartwreanched. She was watching her daughter dying and being told there was not much hope. My body ached for her. Helpless.

About 10 minutes later Luke, Krissys brother, her sister-in-law and Lily show up. Phyllis lets them know what the Neurologist had just said and they headed back to see her right away, leaving Lily in the waiting room with us. As Crystal was squeezing Krissy's hand, she squeezed back. Crystal ran out to the waiting room, told us what had happened, grabbed Lily and headed right back to the room. Lily was in the room she let out a little noise/cry and Krissy's eyes opened and her body moved like she was trying to get up for her girl. Her heart was beating 45-60 beats per min and the second that Lily was in the room it started beating faster and more regular at 90. She will be okay. The doctors and nurses we all amazed at her progress from the time she smelled her baby.

Her heart is broken, literally. The true bond with Lily will never be. Amazing and truly inspiring.

Just think, if she would have stayed home that morning this would have been a much different story... a much sadder one.