Doctors call this case nothing more than a miracle - the birth of three-month-old Elaina Nigrelli at the moment was accompanied by a series of the most incredible events, which gives him the right to be considered a truly sensational event.
Surprising fact - Elaina was born while her mom was technically dead. The tragedy struck when Erica Nigrelli, a high school teacher in Missouri City, Texas, walked into her colleague's class. She felt ill, tried to grab onto the table so as not to fall, and then fainted.
Three teachers immediately took out a defibrillator, trying to help the unfortunate woman. The children ran out of the class in fear, screaming for help. Erica's husband, Nathan Nigrelli, who also worked as a teacher at this school, was in the next office at the time. Hearing the commotion, he rushed to his wife. “Erica was lying on the floor, her mouth was foaming, she made gurgling sounds and looked at one point,” he later told one of the CNN partner channels.
He immediately called an ambulance. "My wife is pregnant! He shouted into the phone. - She's having a seizure! The baby should be born in three weeks! " The 911 operator was shocked. However, by the time the doctors got to school, the woman's pulse could no longer be felt. Doctors took the body to the hospital, where they diagnosed cardiac arrest and performed a caesarean section, removing the child from the mother's womb. They were completely absorbed by the baby, but one of the doctors suddenly noticed that Erica's pulse resumed - the doctors could not believe their eyes.
For the next five days, she was in a medical coma. During this period, doctors diagnosed her with a heart defect. As Erica later admitted, she did not even suspect that she had a heart defect. This condition causes the heart muscle to thicken, which forces the heart to work harder to pump its normal volume of blood. The newborn Elaina was in the pediatric intensive care unit for two weeks.
Last week, the whole family came to CNN studio - Elaina was sitting on her mother's lap and sucking on a purple nipple. “We feel great,” says Nathan Nigrelli. “We have a wonderful child. My wife recovered 100%,”he rejoices.