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A year ago, baby Rylan was born completely healthy via emergency C-section. Her mother Shelly Cawley, however, developed a blood clot during the surgery. The clot moved from her legs to her lungs, causing them to fill with fluid. Doctors were able to stabilize her, but the new mom was unresponsive. \u00a0She slipped into a coma.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the doctors explained it to us, they were not seeing any fight out of Shelly, and they were doing all the work (of staying alive) for her,\u201d her husband Jeremy told the Charlotte Observer. \u201cIf she was going to have any chance, she was going to have to start doing some of the fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a week had gone by, Cawley\u2019s family and medical team had little hope of her waking up. Then, nurse Ashely Manus had an idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew skin to skin contact is very beneficial to an infant, so we thought why not try it for a mom,\u201d Manus to\u00a0WCNC<\/a>. \u201cBecause the baby was already thriving. She was doing great.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jeremy,

Jeremy, Shelly, and Rylan Cawley via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

Placed skin to skin on her mother, baby Rylan went right to sleep. But the medical staff wanted her to cry, hoping Cawley would hear her. So they began tickling her and trying to get her to make noise. Eventually, the content little girl cried out, and Cawley reacted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw the heart monitor flash to life,\u201d said Jeremy Cawley. \u201cThe screaming had brought Shelly back into the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

A week later Cawley was completely out of the coma. She said she remembers being on the stretcher and telling the doctors she was afraid she wasn\u2019t going to wake up after the C-section. But, thanks to her daughter, she\u2019s now home and healthy.<\/p>\n

Gil Weiss, MD, an OB\/GYN, told Yahoo News<\/a> that studies have shown comatose patients\u2019 brains do in fact react to familiar sounds such as voices of loved ones. However, since Cawley hadn\u2019t met Rylan before, or heard her cry, she didn\u2019t fit into the category of familiar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout thousands of years, this is the way babies were taken care of by mom \u2013 mothers held their babies close,\u201d said Weiss. \u201cThere may be some primal reflex deep in the brain that we don\u2019t know about or a part of the brain that responds even without higher level function. [\u2026] There is a bond between mom and baby that we can\u2019t always explain scientifically. That\u2019s the beauty of the mother-child connection.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, a year later, as the family celebrated Rylan\u2019s first birthday, \u00a0Cawley shared this photo and message on Facebook<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Shelly

Shelly Cawley in a coma one year ago, and Shelly and Rylan now. Via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

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As the night comes to a close, I reflect on my day and how different it was than at the same time a year ago. What a difference a year makes! Last year I was fighting for my life, and this year I have a 1 year old who is thriving, and I am back in nursing school doing what I love. Can\u2019t wait to discover what God has planned for my life, and to just enjoy the ride on the way there!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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