A new mom, whose life hung in the balance after a critical heart condition forced her to deliver early, saw her vital signs improve when her newborn was placed in her arms. Both she and her baby fought for their lives, overcoming their tribulation together.
Veronica Williams of Covington, Kentucky, learned that she and her husband, Sean, were expecting a baby in August of 2021. Veronica had no signs of heart disease during her pregnancy, and the shortness of breath and swelling she did experience “seemed like normal pregnancy symptoms.”
However, on March 8, Veronica’s Apple Watch picked up a high resting heart rate. The following day, she had the same alert multiple times, and her shortness of breath became worse. Thus she went to the hospital at 5 p.m. that day….