Within minutes, paramedics carried her into an ambulance, Ethan clinging to her hand until the hospital doors swallowed her away. In the emergency room, Dr. Caroline Miller explained to Michael: “Your wife has suffered a placental abruption. We need to move quickly. Her life is in danger—and so is the baby’s.” Michael felt his world spinning. Moments later, alarms screamed in the operating room. Olivia’s blood pressure
The stillborn baby was placed in his older brother’s arms, seconds later, a cry echoes loudly!
plummeted, her heart rate unstable. The baby’s position complicated delivery. Michael was pulled aside and forced into the hardest decision of his life. “Save my wife,” he whispered hoarsely, tears streaking down his face. “Please, save Olivia.” Hours later, Olivia was stabilized, but when their son was
delivered, the room remained still. No cry. No movement. The nurses wrapped the tiny boy in a blanket, and the doctor gave a quiet nod: stillborn. Olivia and Michael were devastated. Nurses