Baby Survives, Mother Dies

A BRECKENRIDGE Minnesota MAN IS LEARNING ABOUT THE MIRACLE OF LIFE WHILE GRIEVING A SUDDEN LOSS OF LIFE IT WAS A TRAUAMTIC TIME FOR BRIAN AND MANDY LASS IN JULY WHEN THEIR BABY WAS BORN 17-WEEKS EARLY HE WEIGHED LESS THAN A PACK OF BUTTER BUT TRAGEDY STRUCK AS BABY HAIDEN IMPROVED KEVIN WALLEVAND WITH THE STORY OF THIS BOY HIS FATHER NOW ON THEIR OWN amp lt NAT OF GRANDMA PAT SAYINGHI BABY HI BABY PAT ANDERSON OF Gwinner NEVER DREAMED HER LIVING ROOM WOULD BE TURNED INTO A MINI HOSPITAL-DAY CARE AS GRANDMA TO BABY HAIDEN SHE IS HELPING CARE FOR HIM THIS AFTER LOSING HER DAUGHTER MANDY NAT OF BRIAN AND HAIDEN IT TOOK WEEKS BEFORE MANDY AND BRIAN LASS COULD EVEN HOLD HAIDEN LESS THAN A POUND HIS LIFE WAS FRAGILE BRIANLOOKED TO TRANSPARENT YOU COULD SEE RIGHT THROUGH HIM BUT SO WAS MANDY S HEALTH HER Diabetes HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND KIDNEY TROUBLE FOLLOWING DELIVERY TOOK HER LIFE JUST AS SHE CELEBRATED HER BABY BOY TURNING HIS CORNER TO HEALTH SHE WANTED TO BE A MOM IN THE WORST WAY AND NO MATTER SHE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR IT AND IF SHE WAS HERE I KNOW SHE WOULD SAY SHE D DO IT AGAIN BRIAN IS NOW GRIEVEING THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE WORKING FULL TIME AS A MECHANIC WHILE IS IN-LAWS AND OTHER FAMILY HELP CARE FOR HAIDEN STILL REQUIRING MEDICAL CARE BRIAN-AND HE CAME FROM 15-OUNCED TO 13 AND A HALF POUNDS NOW HE IS A LIVING MIRACLE BRIAN SAYS HE WILL NEVER LET HIS BABY BOY FORGET WHAT KIND OF MOTHER BROUGHT HIM INTO THE WORLD BRIAN-I AM GOING TO TELL HIM HOW GREAT HIS MOM IS AND WAS A QUICK MORNING NAP TODAY ENJOYING WHAT HAIDEN S GRANDMA CALLS DAILY KISSES FROM HEAVEN BRIANSHE ALWAYS TOLD ME HE WAS THE BESTEST BABY EVER amp gt A BENEFIT FOR BRIAN AND HAIDEN IS PLANNED FOR THIS SPRING