CLEVELAND — For 153 days, a team of physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and specialists worked around the clock to save Essence's life. Today, she's home with her parents and thriving.

A pregnancy filled with complications

Miya Vidal was just 21 years old when she became pregnant with Essence. At first, everything seemed normal.

"I had a very low-risk pregnancy," Miya said. "Maybe around 20 weeks, the doctors started noticing on the ultrasound scans that something was inconclusive and that they just wanted to run a few more tests."

Around the same time, Miya spoke with a doctor who delivered devastating news.

"Around the same day, I believe I spoke with a doctor that told me there might be some complications further along the pregnancy," Miya recalled. "So they really wanted

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