HIGHER BECAUSE IT WAS A PREMATURE BABY. SHE IS A MIRACLE BABY. ONE NIGHT IN JUNE, JASMINE QUIJANO UNEXPECTEDLY WENT INTO LABOR AT JUST 22 WEEKS PREGNANT. I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS MORE AND MORE LIKE MY CONTRACTIONS. THE HOSPITAL IN STOCKTON, WHERE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE BIRTH, WASN’T EQUIPPED TO CARE FOR A PREMATURE BABY, SO SHE AND HER HUSBAND RUSHED TO UC DAVIS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN SACRAMENTO. WHEN WE WENT INTO ELK GROVE, I TOLD HIM, CALL 911. I KNOW I’M GOING TO HAVE HER HERE. HER CONTRACTIONS KEPT GETTING STRONGER. THEY CALLED 911, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. I JUST FELT SOMETHING WARM AND SHE CAME OUT AFTER BREAKING THE BABY’S SAC AND PERFORMING CPR. SHE DID HER BEST TO KEEP HER FIRST BORN ALIVE. I WOULDN’T HEAR HER CRY. MINUTES LATER, FIVE SACRAMENTO FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED. MOM AND DAD ARE SITTING IN THE CAR AND MOM ALREADY HAS THE BABY WRAPPED UP IN A SWEATSHIRT IN HER LAP. WE FIND OUT THAT IT’S A PREMATURE BABY, SO THAT’S RAISES THE STRESS LEVEL A LOT. THEY BEGAN LIFE SAVING MEASURES, HOPING FOR A MIRACLE. SHE WASN’T BREATHING AND SHE DIDN’T HAVE A PULSE. THEY WERE TAKEN TO UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE FOR 146 DAYS, DELAYS HAVE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE. I SEE THIS SMALL LITTLE BABY. SHE WAS HOOKED UP TO, LIKE, A LOT OF STUFF. SHE DEFIED THE ODDS AND SURVIVED. THE FACT THAT SHE’S ALIVE AND DOING AS WELL AS SHE IS IS REALLY. I MEAN, MIRACULOUS IS AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTOR. ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID IN MY INTERVIEW WAS THAT I’D REALLY LIKE TO MEET HER ONE DAY. WEDNESDAY, HIS WISH CAME TRUE. OH, I’LL TAKE THAT CRY ANY DAY. I’LL TAKE THAT CRY ANY DAY. QUIJANO AND HER DAUGHTER MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO SACRAMENTO FIRE STATION SIX. I’M ALWAYS GOING TO BE VERY THANKFUL FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR HER. SO NOW SHE HAS A NEW FAMILY. HER MOM WAS SAYING, LIKE, ALL THIS NICE STUFF ABOUT US BEING HER FIRST FAMILY. AND IT’S LIKE, THAT’S SO, LIKE, POWERFUL AND AND SWEET. YEAH, WELL, THEY CERTAINLY DO NOW SHARE A SPECIAL BOND. I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW CATALINA. IF PREMATURE BABY. WE’RE TALKING 22 WEEKS. IF THEY DON’T GET ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY. I MEAN, IT CAN BE REALLY SERIOUS. OR EVEN WORSE. YEAH. AND ACTUALLY, DOCTORS SAY FIRST RESPONDERS FAST RESPONSE IS CRITICAL, NOT JUST FOR IMMEDIATE SURVIVAL, BUT WITHOUT THAT CARE, THEY CAN ALSO HAVE LONG TERM IMPACTS ON THEIR HEALTH. SO IT WAS GREAT THAT THOSE FIREFIGHTERS GOT THERE ON TIME. YEAH. JUST THAT THAT IMMEDIATE CARE AND THEN THE CARE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS