'Since Layla was born, she has had breathing problems and episodes of turning blue where she can’t catch her breath,' Carlin Bates wrote of her 15-week-old daughter
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While Carlin was in the hospital herself for meningitis, her daughter stayed with the reality star’s sister Erin. “When we got a call the next day explaining that [Layla] was having rapid breathing and turning blue, I panicked pretty hard,” Carlin wrote. “She was rushed to Children’s Hospital, and I was overcome with fear of the unknown, along with feeling guilty that I couldn’t be there with her. Evan went back and forth from hospital to hospital, checking on us both. I felt so alone.
Doctors told the couple that their daughter’s “EKG levels weren’t reading right” and recommended that she see a heart specialist. “We found out Layla had a small hole in her heart, which might be causing some of the breathing issues,” Carlin explained. “The doctor encouraged us not to worry, because they will keep a close eye on it, and our prayer is that this small hole will close itself, as they often do. We then ordered Layla a special sock that monitors her heart rate & O2 levels, because this nervous mother
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