Huxley’s Halo of Hope

      Baby Huxley by NILMDTS Affiliated Photographer Sammi Young

Huxley was our beautiful baby girl. She was deeply loved from the very beginning. Her life was heartbreakingly short, and the day she left this world became the darkest day we have ever known. The silence where her cries should have been and the empty space in our arms created a pain that is impossible to fully describe.

In the middle of that crushing grief, we leaned into prayer. In the stillness of the hospital room, we cried out to God. The pain did not disappear, but we felt His presence sustain us. His strength carried us through the longest night of our lives and reminded us that we were not walking this road alone.

A Traumatic Labor and a Miracle We Will Never Forget

We were in active labor at the hospital for about 12 hours when everything suddenly changed. Tehillah experienced a full uterine abruption followed by a placental abruption. The medical team did everything they could to save our little Huxley, but despite their efforts, she could not be saved.

Tehillah’s life was also in danger. Our OBGYN later told us he witnessed what he believed was a miracle. When he began the procedure, he saw a very aggressive internal bleed shrink before his eyes. Tehillah still required two units of blood, but she survived. We are forever …