A man has recalled being forced to pick between his wife and a preterm kid, which was an impossible task.
Last year, Michael Gerry Fotheringham McConnell, 33, of Scotland, was thrust into an unfathomable situation when his fiancée Stephanie Brown, 29, began leaking amniotic fluid at 18 weeks pregnant and was taken to emergency surgery.

Following the first health worry and more testing, physicians determined that the baby’s heart was «abnormally large,» and sent the expectant mother to a cardiac expert.

Michael Gerry Fotheringham McConnell and Stephanie Brown suffered a tragic loss.

Tragically, the scan indicated that the baby’s lungs were too tiny for his physique and out of proportion to the rest of his organs.

The excited parents, who had a loss a few years ago, were given the sad news that their baby would not survive to full term.

Brown was told to stay pregnant for another six weeks so that their baby, Mickey, would have the best chance of living. She was then taken to Wishaw General Hospital to give birth.

Stephanie Brown and her newborn child, Mickey, who died sadly on July 24.

The already terrible situation became even worse when McConnell received a call from the hospital notifying him that the umbilical chord had collapsed.

McConnell was then posed the impossible question.

«The doctor who was about to deliver me pulled me aside and said, ‘If push comes to shove, who survives?'» ‘Mom or baby?'» McConnell said to Jam Press.

McConnell claimed he was «terrified» when he «saw all these persons and their faces,» which told him all he needed to know about his partner’s «severity.»

When Mickey was born, he weighed less than a bag of sugar.

«When I found out my fiancée’s life was in danger, my heart stopped—all I cared about at the time was her safety,» he said.

The Cleveland Clinic says that the problem needs to be fixed right away so that the fetus doesn’t put pressure on the cord and cut off oxygen.

Even after this, they wanted to have their baby boy, although many people warned them that he would not survive.

«Everyone was doubtful about his survival,» he added, «particularly because the weeks leading up to his delivery were a great strain on Stephanie’s body,» he said.

The father described the heartbreaking moment he was forced to choose between his fiancée and his child.

«I’ve been by her side through the darkest and scariest periods of my life, and with her losing fluid and having to carry my baby in her body for six weeks — it was physically and psychologically difficult,» McConnell said.

The placenta was caught in Brown’s stomach and bladder, so a caesarian birth was the best option for their kid, who weighed just 1 pound and 3 ounces when he was delivered in November 2021.

«There were so many people in the theatre, and my heart was in my mouth the whole time,» McConnell said.

When the infant was only a few months old, he began to get worse.

«They removed my son from the operating table, and everything was calm—all I remember is the first time he used his voice.» We were amazed by how clear and loud everything was. «The relief was real at the time,» McConnell added.

Mickey was in the neonatal critical care unit for three months before being transferred to a clinic closer to home. His health began to deteriorate as physicians planned to move him.

«The doctors in the hospital were calling it «blue turns’ and saying he may not survive,» the heartbroken father claimed, adding that there was a «lack of communication» and that «we felt horribly let down by the treatment he got at this time.»

A GoFundMe account has already been created to help the family through this difficult time.
«We still don’t know what’s causing his worsening,» he continued.

When Mickey’s body got too big for his lungs, doctors said he was getting close to the end of his life.

On July 24, the newborn boy died in his mother’s arms.

«He was the brightest star I’ve ever known,» McConnell said in a tribute to his young son. «I’ll never forget the impact my boy made on this earth, he truly was a warrior.» «He was in pain, but now he’s at peace; shine brightly, my small warrior.»

«Rest in peace, our lovely son.»