>> HER DOCTOR RECOGNIZED SHE
NEEDED HELP FAST.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS NOTHING
SHORT OF A MIRACLE.
>> IM SO GRATEFUL TO THE
DOCTORS.
I MEAN, WITHOUT EVERYTHING
WORKING AT EVERY STEP, I DONT
WANT TO IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE
BEEN THE ALTERNATE REALITY.
>> Reporter: WHEN TAMMY WOKE UP
ONE MORNING IN MAY OF 2020, SHE
KNEW SOMETHING WASNT RIGHT.
HOW WERE YOU FEELING?
>> I HAD A NOSE BLEED, AND I WAS
COUGHING BLOOD.
I WAS VERY UNEASY.
I DIDNT HAVE PAIN, BUT IT WAS
OBVIOUSLY ALARMING.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS BECAUSE
TAMMY WAS 28 WEEKS PREGNANT WITH
HER SECOND CHILD DURING THE
HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> YOU DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT TO
DO, SO I CALLED VIRTUAL URGENT
CARE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
I GOT IN TOUCH WITH DR. MILLER,
WHO I DIDNT KNOW BEFORE.
>> Reporter: DR. LESLIE MILLER,
AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN
AT LYNYU LANGONE HEALTH WAS
ASSIGNED TO TAMMYS CASE.
BECAUSE OF A GLITCH IN THE VIDEO
CONNECTION, ONLY SPOKE BY PHONE.
GOING BACK TO NEW YORK, THE
HEIGHT OF COVID, I GUESS YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND WHY, AT FIRST, SHE
WAS HESITANT TO WANT TO GO TO AN
E
E.R. PREGNANT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS WERE
OVERWHELMED WITH COVID PATIENTS,
AND IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
TO GET HER TO GO.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU SAY TO
CONVINCE HER TO GO AHEAD AND GO
IN?
>> I SAID, YOU REALLY NEED TO
GO, AND YOU REALLY NEED TO GO
NOW.
>> Reporter: WITHIN HOURS OF
ARRIVING AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM,
DOCTORS DISCOVERED AN ABNORMAL
BLOOD VESSEL HAD BURST, CAUSING
BLOOD TO SPILL INTO TAMMYS
LUNGS.
SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ICU,
INTUBATED, AND PUT ON A
VENTILATOR.
DR. SISTA WAS CALLED IN.
>> I CALL MYSELF A BODY PLUMBER.
WE USE MINIMALLY INVASIVE
TECHNIQUES THAT ENABLE US TO GET
TO PLACES WITHIN THE BODY
WITHOUT MAKING MAJOR INCISIONS.
WE PLUG UP THINGS THAT SHOULDNT
BE, YOU KNOW, LEAKING.
IN TAMMYS CASE, SHE HAD A LEAK
IN HER LUNG.
>> Reporter: TELL ME, WHAT ARE
THE RISKS THEN IF SHE WOULD HAVE
HAD TO UNDERGO SURGERY,
ESPECIALLY BEING 28 WEEKS
PREGNANT?
>> SO IM NOT A SURGEON, BUT I
WOULD SAY THAT TAMMY IS AN
OVERALL HEALTHY WOMAN, BUT IN
THE STATE SHE WAS IN, HIGH
MORBIDITY AT THE LEAST, AND A
POTENTIAL MORTALITY, AS WELL.
>> Reporter: THE PROCEDURE WAS
SUCCESSFUL.
DR. SISTA HAD STOPPED THE
INTERNAL BLEEDING, AND AFTER
REMAINING UNCONSCIOUS FOR EIGHT
DAYS, TAMMY WOKE UP.
AND THEN YOU FIND OUT THAT
YOURE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
>> RIGHT.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU FIND
OUT?
>> THEY DIDNT WANT TO AWILL
REMEMBER MEALARM ME, BUT I HAD
PREECLAMPSIA.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS AND NURSES
DECIDED IT WAS BEST FOR TAMMY TO
UNDERGO AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION.
THEN, WITH HER HUSBAND JOHNNY AT
HER SIDE, THEY HEARD THEIR SON,
MAX, CRY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> IT WAS THE SWEETEST SOUND
EVER.
I JUST STARTED TEARING, AND I
KNEW EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE
OKAY.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, THEY CALL
HIM MIRACLE MAX.
IT WAS ALMOST AS IF HE WAS YOUR
MIRACLE.
>> HE WAS.
ITS MIRACULOUS.
>> Reporter: THIS IS MIRACLE
MAX.
>> THIS IS MIRACLE MAX.
>> Reporter: HI, BUDDY.
LOOK AT THAT SMILE.
>> Reporter: DURING HER
THREE-WEEK STAY AT THE HOSPITAL,
TAMMY NEVER GOT TO MEET DR.
MILLER OR DR. SISTA, BUT A
COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, SHE SENT
THEM A LETTER AND CREDITS THAT
CALL TO VIRTUAL URGENT CALL FOR
SAVING HER LIFE.
TAMMY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
THESE PHYSICIANS?
>> THANK YOU IS NOT ENOUGH, BUT
IT IS THANK YOU.
I CANT BELIEVE YOU BROUGHT ME
BACK.
>> Reporter: AND IN THE PLACE
WHERE SHE CLUNG TO LIFE LAST
YEAR, SHE DID JUST THAT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO
DO THAT IN PERSON. >> REALLY?
>> REALLY?
♪
>> Reporter: ROCK STAR DAD HERE,
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL THESE
FOLKS?
>> YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
REALLY SAVED OUR FAMILY.
BROUGHT BEAUTIFUL LIFE INTO THE
WORLD.
THANK YOU.
>> HI THERE, LITTLE GUY.
>> SUCH A BEAUTIFUL REUNION.
GO AHEAD.
>> SHES FINE, TOTALLY FINE?
>> SHES FINE.
SHES FINE.
>> WOW.
>> SHE HAD THIS COUGH, AND YOU
KNOW A LOT OF US, WE THINK,
WELL GET OVER IT.
BECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT, SHE
DECIDED TO DO THAT CALL.
WE HAVE SOME MORE GOOD NEWS TO
REPORT THIS MORNING.
LAST WEEK, MAX CELEBRATED HIS
FIRST BIRTHDAY.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> HE WAS SURROUNDED BY THE
WHOLE FAMILY BECAUSE WE CAN BE
TOGETHER AGAIN.
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING.
>> MIRACLE MAX THERE.
>> SUCH AN ADORABLE BABY.
HE WAS JUST SMILING AND HAPPY.
>> YOU ARE A BABY WHISPERING.