It all happened on Christmas Eve. Mike Hermanstorfer watched as his wife died from cardiac arrest during labor while giving birth to his stillborn son. Within minutes, a glorious day turned into one of heartbreak. But the day wasn't over: there was much more in store for the Hermanstorfer family.
"Half of my family was lying there right in front of me — there's no other way to say it — dead," Mike said. "I lost all feeling. Once her heartbeat stopped, I felt like mine did, too."
His wife, Tracey, went into cardiac arrest during labor. When doctors couldn't revive her, they ordered an emergency C-section to save the baby. But when the baby was delivered, he wasn't breathing either.
"She had no pulse, no heartbeat, was not breathing and was turning gray," said Dr. Stephanie Martin. "She was dead." Then something amazing happened, without any discernible explanation, Tracey's pulse returned.
Doctors rushed to complete the C-section. While Mom was being operated on, doctors tried to get the baby breathing again — and it worked. (Stunningly, this isn't the first time we've seen doctors baffled by a spontaneous recovery.)
The Hermanstorfer family, baby and all, returned home to their two other children.
Needless to say, Dad was relieved. "There's only one explanation for having either one of them, let along both of them here," Mike said. "It's just an absolute miracle."
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