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Seeing a life saved is a beautiful reminder of what we are all working so hard for

Oct 23, 2024

By Dave Andrusko

When I showed this precious video to a fellow staffer at National Right to Life this morning, she wrote back, “I think we all need to be reminded of what we are working toward– sometimes we just need to see a life saved.”

Heads up. I confess I am a softie. So, when I stumbled across this video, by the time it finished, I was fighting back tears.

Here’s what a description of what took place:

In an incredible moment of medical heroism, a doctor in Brazil saved a newborn baby who showed no signs of movement or breathing after birth. Acting quickly, the doctor performed CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) to stimulate the baby’s heart and lungs, ultimately reviving the infant.

Since we knew before we began that the newborn is saved, you would think its power to move you would be lessened.

Nope. At least not for me.

The video begins with what was, for me, the most moving 20 seconds of what lasted a total of 3:56. The doctor rushes in holding the limp, non-responsive baby in his hands. When the doctor places the baby on the table, their head is resting motionless on their left side.

The doctor’s facial gaze never changes. He has a life to save.

He first tucks a blanket around the child lower torso as he begins to perform CPR. Every few seconds he gently massages the child’s upper body.

At the 1:43 mark he sprays some liquid on the baby’s right side and continues massaging. No response. The baby is still limp. At the l:48 mark, he massages the baby’s chest more vigorously, his face a study in concentration.

At the 1:52 mark, the baby lets out a howl. Great! However, the baby stops crying, and the doctor listens to the baby’s heart and lungs with his stethoscope. He again vigorously rubs the baby’s chest and at the 2:50 mark the baby let’s out an even louder cry.

The doctor massages the baby’s head, all the time the baby is crying.

The doctor smiles, ever so slightly.

Success!

Whew!

Yet, I could not help thinking about the pro-abortion tandem of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Under their watchful eyes, no doubt if this were an abortion survivor they would have placed the child out of the way offering only “comfort care”– as opposed to lifesaving care.

CPR? Of course not.

How, I wonder, could anyone vote for a pair like that?

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