{"id":12504,"date":"2017-09-22T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=12504"},"modified":"2021-07-19T11:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:30:16","slug":"every-reason-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/every-reason-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Every reason to live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_12505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12505\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12505 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16063032\/veronica-long-horiz-1200.webp\" alt=\"Veronica Wilkins holds her youngest son, Thane, who was born via an amergency C-section right before Veronica had to have open heart surgery.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16063032\/veronica-long-horiz-1200.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16063032\/veronica-long-horiz-1200-300x126.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16063032\/veronica-long-horiz-1200-1024x430.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16063032\/veronica-long-horiz-1200-768x323.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16063032\/veronica-long-horiz-1200-150x63.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16063032\/veronica-long-horiz-1200-200x84.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veronica Wilkins holds her youngest, Thane, who was born via emergency C-section at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies right before Veronica had open heart surgery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s been more than a year since Veronica Wilkins thought she might die right there on the floor of her Colorado home, her children standing over her and an unborn child in her womb.<\/p>\n<p>Thane, who\u2019s earned the nickname \u201cBamm-Bamm,\u2019\u2019 is starting to walk now. Her two oldest children are in their senior year of high school and school sports keep the family busy. There\u2019s also Mac, a Belgian draft horse, who\u2019s helped Wilkins return to her love of working with horses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12509\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12509 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/16070347\/veronica.webp\" alt=\"Veronica Wilkins rides in a cart pulled by her large horse, Mac.\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/16070347\/veronica.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/16070347\/veronica-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/16070347\/veronica-768x549.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/16070347\/veronica-150x107.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/09\/16070347\/veronica-200x143.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veronica Wilkins and Mac. Photo by Ory Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wilkins is frequently reminded just how lucky she was that day more than a year ago. On cold days, she can feel the spot in her chest where doctors entered to get to her heart. She\u2019s forever changed by the experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m more aware of my body and the things it does now \u2014 I listen to it more,\u201d Wilkins said. \u201cI am different because of what happened. I don\u2019t take things for granted, and I\u2019m trying to evolve and change as a person to be one of those women who I\u2019ve looked to for strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/coming-together-save-mom-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Wilkins\u2019 life-changing story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been more than a year since Veronica Wilkins thought she might die right there on the floor of her Colorado home, her children standing over her and an unborn child in her womb. Thane, who\u2019s earned the nickname \u201cBamm-Bamm,\u2019\u2019 is starting to walk now. 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