Florida mom returns to hospital to thank staff for safely delivering twins after rare birth complication
BRANDON Fla WSVN Staff at a hospital near Tampa rushed to lend a helping hand to a mom-to-be after her twins decided they wished to make their grand entrance into the world just in time for Mother s Day but their arrival was matter of life and death according to doctors This Mother s Day Mairelys Martin and her family will have two new blessings by their side baby Joshua and Joel Mairelys returned to the hospital to thank the curative organization that assisted her during her delivery A health staff member translated for Mairelys who spoke in Spanish expressing her gratitude to reporters Very happy that she has them both and just very happy very special announced Mairelys But for her family there was chaos before the calm On Sunday the hospital in Brandon was going through a shift change Registered nurse Camille Thompson who doesn t work in labor and delivery was just about to take her leave when she saw Martin in distress I was trying to head home like everyone else and this car pulls up right in front of me right behind my uber commented Thompson She didn t speak English I saw the fear in her eyes like someone necessities to recognize that something is happening Right then and there I m like I m not leaving this lady alone Though Thompson was off the clock she brought Martin inside At the same time she Martin had a prolapsed uterus something that only happens every in births and the baby s chances of survival are usually slim I just started yelling at people like Put all the gloves up here call that OB again revealed Thompson Clinician Ben Duplaga was rushed down the stairs When I walked into the situation my initial thought process was oh lord explained Clinician Duplaga He revealed in these cases it s the standard delivery method is by cesarean section From the time the OB alert was called to when the babies were born was just minutes It was a really special moment to be involved To see everyone come together and work so cohesively announced Duplaga As for Martin she has this to say about the whole ordeal Very traumatic and immense experience with a very happy ending revealed Martin A very happy ending indeed the Martin family is back home with the twin Both boys are healthy weighing seven pounds each
