In a quiet room inside a San Antonio hospital, a mother watches her two-month-old baby fight for every breath — and she’s asking the world to stand with her.
This is Maylani Jean.
She lies in a PICU bed, her tiny body battling RSV, bronchitis, and pneumonia all at once. At just two months old, Maylani is facing an overwhelming storm that no infant should ever have to endure. For five long days, her little chest has risen and fallen with effort, her body working overtime just to keep going.
At first, she needed full oxygen support to survive. Slowly, doctors have been able to reduce it — a small but powerful sign of progress that her mom, Mickaela, clings to with everything she has. Each decrease brings a flicker of hope. Each pause brings fear rushing back in.
Because the fear never truly leaves.
Mickaela says it all began with what seemed like a harmless cough. Within a single day, everything changed. Maylani stopped eating. She stopped urinating. Her breathing became labored, frightening, desperate. What started small escalated into a medical emergency almost overnight.
RSV moves fast — especially in babies this young. Every hour feels fragile. Every beep of a monitor feels loud. Every breath is watched, counted, prayed over.
As Mickaela sits beside the hospital crib, she does what so many parents have done before her: she watches, she waits, and she hopes. She’s asking for continued prayers — not just for healing, but for strength to endure the waiting, the uncertainty, and the fear that comes with loving someone so small and so vulnerable.
She also shares a message, one parent to another:
Our babies are stronger than we think — even when it’s terrifying to watch them fight.
If you’ve ever sat beside a hospital crib…
If you’ve ever held your breath with your child…
If you’ve ever whispered prayers into the quiet of a hospital room…
What words would you send to this mom today? 💔🙏
