Finally we had an answer, so then we asked ‘What now?’ The answer was surgery. “The doctors decided to order an echocardiogram, and we found out our daughter had a congenital heart defect (Aortic Coarctation). Just two days ago when we left the hospital they said she was healthy. That four-day old newborn had to be placed on a ventilator, was given numerous amounts of blood, and had every test possible to figure out was wrong.
Her liver and kidneys were shutting down. We were separated from Raelyn for several hours. We waited for hours in the waiting room doctors left and right were asking for our medical history and continuously letting us know our baby was very sick. “That Monday was the longest day of my life not knowing if we would be able to bring our sweet precious baby home. I was in a whirlwind of fear, but what kept me calm was that I prayed and continued to worship the Lord through it all. I stood there and watched my newborn baby have a breathing tube placed. On the way to pediatric ICU, Raelyn's oxygen saturations dropped, and she had to be placed on a ventilator before she reached the ICU.
After a few hours in the ER she was transported to the pediatric ICU. “I think that morning every person working in the emergency department was in that room with her. In my head, I was thinking that this little person just came into the world and now she will be taken from me. Rachael recalls, “I had never been so scared in my life. Things were going great as they were discharged from the hospital that Saturday, but early Monday morning they were in the emergency room with their new baby girl who looked very pale, was taking very shallow breaths, and her body was cold.
On October 13, 2016, at 1:13 a.m., God blessed Donald and Rachael Wilson with a baby girl, Raelyn Olivia Wilson in Columbia, S.C.
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