Tracy Hermanstorfer, 33, was getting prepped for childbirth at the hospital and her 37-year-old husband, Mike Hermanstorfer, was by her side when she began to feel sleepy. Shortly thereafter, Tracy went into cardiac arrest, according to Dr. Stephanie Martin, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had no signs of life. No heartbeat, no blood pressure, she wasn't breathing, said Dr Martin.
Pandemonium erupted as doctors and nurses tried to revive Tracy with chest compressions and a breathing tube, but nothing worked. Mike was holding his wife’s hand when he realized she was gone.
Doctors told Mr. Hermanstorfer, We're going to take your son out now. We have been unable to revive her and we're going to take your son out, Mike recalled. After the Cesarean section, some of the hospital team rushed his wife to the operating room while the others attended to the child, named Coltyn. Hospital officials handed Coltyn to his father – he was lifeless. The doctors went to work on Coltyn as his father held him, and soon he began to breath.
His life began in my hands, Mr. Hermanstorfer said. That's a feeling like none other. Life actually began in the palm of my hands.
Dr Martin said Tracy Hermanstorfer's pulse returned even before she was wheeled out of the room and into surgery. She estimates Mrs. Hermanstorfer had no heartbeat for about four minutes.
After their miraculous recovery, both mother and baby Coltyn, appear healthy with no signs of problems, Dr Martin said.
Mr. Hermanstorfer credits the hand of God. We are both believers ... but this right here, even a nonbeliever - you explain to me how this happened. There is no other explanation, he said.
Asked about divine intervention, Dr Martin said, Wherever I can get the help, I'll take it.
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