1 00:00:00,641 --> 00:00:03,224 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:07,545 --> 00:00:12,545 ^- I was so excited that I, waved that pee stick. (laughs) 3 00:00:14,637 --> 00:00:17,633 And I was crying so hard because, 4 00:00:19,848 --> 00:00:21,310 I just couldn't hold it back anymore. 5 00:00:21,310 --> 00:00:23,060 As soon as I did it in the morning, 6 00:00:23,570 --> 00:00:26,350 I cried and walked out right before my husband 7 00:00:26,350 --> 00:00:29,747 went to work and I told him, "We're pregnant." 8 00:00:31,517 --> 00:00:33,367 It was the best feeling in the world. 9 00:00:34,530 --> 00:00:36,430 We're like, (crying) "Maybe this time, 10 00:00:37,431 --> 00:00:39,681 we'll finally have a baby." 11 00:00:41,590 --> 00:00:44,127 I think holding him, my husband had to tell me, 12 00:00:44,127 --> 00:00:46,470 he was in my arms, he's like "He's there." 13 00:00:46,470 --> 00:00:47,920 I'm like, "Where's the baby?" 14 00:00:48,010 --> 00:00:49,599 He's like, "He's on your chest." 15 00:00:49,599 --> 00:00:51,500 I looked down, and I just cried. 16 00:00:51,775 --> 00:00:53,025 I was so happy. 17 00:00:53,404 --> 00:00:55,880 ^- So it was awesome when finally he got to come home 18 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,770 ^because he ended up being in the NICU for 19 00:01:00,010 --> 00:01:02,593 about five or six days. 20 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:06,280 So, he was born on the 28th, we got him home on the 2nd, 21 00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:09,393 I had to take off on the 3rd to go to the academy so, 22 00:01:09,393 --> 00:01:11,800 I only got to spend a few hours with him at home. 23 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:12,780 But it was awesome knowing 24 00:01:12,780 --> 00:01:14,650 that he was home with Ashley 25 00:01:14,650 --> 00:01:15,990 and they weren't in the hospital 26 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:17,970 and they have everything handled here so. 27 00:01:17,970 --> 00:01:19,720 Because I was in the academy for the entire month, 28 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,670 I didn't really know what was goin' on. 29 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:25,207 About three weeks into the academy Ashley said that 30 00:01:25,990 --> 00:01:28,683 he had seen his pediatrician and like many see 31 00:01:28,690 --> 00:01:31,870 a cardiologist for some kind of heart mummer. 32 00:01:31,870 --> 00:01:33,973 And I didn't know anything about it at the time so, 33 00:01:34,550 --> 00:01:37,213 I didn't really know anything was wrong with him. 34 00:01:37,550 --> 00:01:40,910 Nobody did until the night that 35 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:43,000 he had a heart attack. 36 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:44,953 - The first incident 37 00:01:44,953 --> 00:01:47,903 that happened with Noah was on January 29th. 38 00:01:48,810 --> 00:01:50,663 It was about four in the morning. 39 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,770 He was crying and we thought it was just 40 00:01:54,770 --> 00:01:57,330 'cause he was hungry, so I tried to feed him 41 00:01:57,330 --> 00:02:00,103 and comfort him, but he was crying really hard. 42 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:03,133 And it just wasn't calming him down, 43 00:02:03,220 --> 00:02:06,900 and then once my husband put him in my arm 44 00:02:06,910 --> 00:02:11,283 he was just coughing and he stopped, completely. 45 00:02:11,290 --> 00:02:13,863 There was no movement, he wasn't responsive. 46 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:15,623 So I kept calling his name, 47 00:02:16,380 --> 00:02:19,150 and I remembered my training for CPR. 48 00:02:19,150 --> 00:02:22,987 So, yelled to my husband, "Call 911." 49 00:02:23,070 --> 00:02:27,333 And so, I preformed CPR on my son. 50 00:02:29,610 --> 00:02:30,840 And then he responded. 51 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,933 He coughed and he spit up the milk. 52 00:02:34,110 --> 00:02:38,900 Then we went to Richland Children's Hospital. 53 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:40,020 They're emergency, 54 00:02:40,020 --> 00:02:44,453 and that's where his journey really did begin.