General Hospital’s Sawandi Wilson Gives Update on New Daughter After Harrowing Birth
General Hospital star Sawandi Wilson (Isaiah) and his wife, Anna Eilinsfeld, welcomed a baby girl earlier this week — and after a harrowing birth experience, the actor opened up about his new daughter’s progress in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit).
Sawandi Wilson On Baby Girl’s Progress
On August 19, Wilson posted an Instagram video with the caption,“The NICU(Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) will humble you fast. Grateful doesn’t even begin to cover it. 🙏🏾”
In the video, the new father shared, “Day one of being a dad, she’s hooked up to machines to help her breathe.”
Wison noted that after his wife gave birth, “30 minutes later, my wife’s stitched up, thank God, but our baby’s on oxygen, headed to the NICU. The first time we see our daughter — like, technically, the first, day one of being a dad — she’s hooked up to machines to help her breathe. She’s hooked up to machines to help stabilize her glucose levels.”
The actor admitted to “walking into the NICU and being like, ‘Why? Why me? Why does it have to be us? Why this family? Why, why, why?”
But he quickly gained perspective. “Take a second, I look to my left, I see a baby that’s been in there for like two months, who’s getting ready for major cardiac surgery,” he said. “I look to my right and I see an empty bassinet. Who knows who came or went or if they survived. But then I looked straight ahead of me and I’m looking at my baby, and I’m trusting.”
Happily, Wilson and Eilinsfeld’s daughter is making wonderful progress. “Eventually, she gets off oxygen. Then she gets off the IV. And [being in the NICU] made her have a stronger recovery because any possible problems that could happen, [the medical team] were there. They were on top of it.”
In an Instagram video posted on August 17, the actor first shared the news of his daughter’s birth and thanked the medical team who safely delivered his newborn. “I want to give a shout-out to the whole team at Cedars-Sinai Medical,” he said. “You guys are incredible. You saved my baby’s life. You saved my wife’s life, and you saved my life. So I love you guys. Thank you so much.”
Wilson went on to explain the dramatic circumstances surrounding his first child’s birth. “Outside the operating room. Not on the set of GH. This is real life, and I’m ready to meet my baby,” he recalled. “They called me in. I’m hearing alarms go off. A doctor shows me to my wife [and] before I get to her I see her intestines, and I’m seeing like the floor is slippery with blood.”
He continued, “And, there’s a screen covering her, so I can’t see her face. I see her, [and] she’s wide awake. She’s calm.” Shortly thereafter, “They pulled the baby out, and she’s barely crying.”
On her own Instagram Stories, Eilinsfeld reposted her husband’s video and added a reassuring message. “💕Me and Baby are recovering wonderfully💕,” she wrote.
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