The parents weren’t the only ones taken aback. A newborn with bilateral macrostomia was likewise beyond the medical staff’s capabilities to manage.
Since we had to wait many hours for a doctor to respond, the whole ordeal became even more terrifying. More complications ensued since the hospital was unprepared to deal with such an uncommon ailment. “As a mother, all I could think about was where I went wrong,” she said.
However, medical professionals reassured the worried parents that they could not have done anything differently. It was Cristina’s worst concern that she had “caused” her daughter’s illness or made a mistake during her whole pregnancy.
The only thing she could think about while becoming a mother, she said, was the times she “might have made a mistake.” However, after many days of genetic testing and scans, they were assured that this problem was completely unrelated to them and that they were not to fault.
The Muchas might shift their emphasis to assisting Ayla in coping with her ailment, which affects her ability to latch on and suckle.
