Nigrelli in the hospital. (Credit: YouTube)
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Two Lives...Were Hanging in the Balance': Pregnant Woman Dies, Gives Birth to Baby Girl, and Is Brought Back to Life!
May 23, 2013
Before Erica Nigrelli collapsed in a co-worker's classroom at Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, she was unaware how dire her condition was.
"Apparently I told her 'I feel very faint,' and I put my head down and essentially just passed out," the 32-year-old English teacher recalled.
Nigrelli, who was 36 weeks pregnant, technically died, said WMUR-TV.
Erica Nigrelli. (Credit: YouTube)
"I opened the door and walked in and Erica was lying on the floor," said Erica's husband Nathan, also a teacher at the high school.
Erica's heart had stopped and co-workers began CPR and used a defibrillator to get try to get it working again. They kept Nigrelli alive until paramedics arrived, who then rushed her to a hospital. There doctors delivered her baby girl Elayna by emergency caesarean section.
Nigrelli in the hospital. (Credit: YouTube)
Since Nigrelli's heart wasn't beating at the time, Elayna's was technically a postmortem delivery.
"There were two lives that were hanging in the balance the whole time," Nathan said.
Nathan holds his new daughter, Elayna. (Credit: YouTube)
But doctors were able to bring Nigrelli back to life. After Nigrelli had revived, they discovered she had an undetected heart defect, which is now managed by a pacemaker.
Elayna is now three months old and weighs nine pounds. Doctors said she's growing and thriving.
Says mom: "She's just a baby, a normal baby."
Mom and baby, safe at home. (Credit: YouTube)
Check out the news clip of the amazing event here:
(H/T: WMUR)
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News.
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News and has been writing for Blaze News since 2013. He has also been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a book editor. He resides in New Jersey. You can reach him at durbanski@blazemedia.com.
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