Some say Owens a “Miracle”. Hello, I’d like to share my story. My name is Stephanie Hubert (Silva) I had my son Owen Hubert at 35 w 4 days via c section, due to a placental abruption. Our son Owens heart rate was only at 81 bpm. I was rushed to the OR room not quite knowing what was going on at all. That whole night and day prior i was having contractions and aches. That previous day I had went to a routine check up , told them about the cramping and was sent over to L& D they didn’t do any sort of ultrasound and seen I’ was dilated a little , with contractions. Sent me home, said come back when closer… That last month of my pregnancy I was dealing with high blood pressure was on medication, was told they had plenty of room to move the dosage but never did even though my complaints of not feeling well and very high readings at home, I’d take my blood pressure medicine and go into my appointments the blood pressure would be high but supposedly not high enough to move the dosage even though as the medication wore off at home and the blood pressure would get very high. Come to find out from a Mayo Clinic visit, that this providers office was using old guidelines and the medication should of been raised. 

I remember going to sleep praying please please keep my baby alive, my poor fiancé was left alone as we were taken to surgery not knowing if he would ever see us alive again. Owen was being resuscitated for 16 minutes, they did Total body cooling (or whole-body hypothermia) which is a process where the baby’s temperature is carefully lowered after a traumatic labor experience cooled for 3 days then rewarmed. Owen did have one small seizure during this. He was on a ventilator and was in very rough shape. He had Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy. He was delivered at mercy and sent to children’s hospital in Minneapolis. I had to stay 2 days at mercy without my baby trying to recover, separated for the first time then not knowing if he would survive at all.
During the stay we were told Owen would FOR SURE have some sort of damage but didn’t know what the extent would be until an MRI. Owen had a MRI and it came back NORMAL. He started getting vent taken off, then other wires and tubings. I’ve taken Owen to a primary care pediatrician and a neurologist. Both say he’s perfectly normal to them, neurologist even calling him a “miracle” to been threw such a rough start and resuscitated for 16 minutes with absolutely no injury is truly amazing and a miracle.

We are truly blessed for Mery Hospital Mother Baby Center, Childrens Hospital Minneapolis and Ronald McDonald house for everything they each did. The amount of compassion, support and care was tremendous during this hard time. We truly appreciate everyone who was involved and what they do.

I hope this story can make it somewhere to show there is such thing as miracle.

Update 08/06/2025 

Owen is now 2.5 and thriving and is right on track for development. He loves being goofy, riding his balance bike and spending time with family. He also absolutely loves dinosaurs. 

https://www.childrensmn.org/2023/05/23/16-minutes-changed-everything-owens-inspiring-story/