It’s every expecting parent’s worst nightmare to have their baby switched at the hospital accidentally with someone else’s baby, but thankfully it practically never happens to most parents.
Mercedes Casanella and her husband Richard Cushworth had never even heard of anyone who’s child had been switched at birth, so weren’t concerned when Mercedes gave birth in her home country of El Salvador.
The couple then returned to their home in Texas, but as their infant grew, they started to get suspicious of the baby they thought was their own. When the baby was four months old, they finally brought him in to get a DNA test, which revealed their fears were true.
The couple managed to track down the baby’s mother, who had been caring for their son Moses as her own, and finally got their son back. As happy as they were to have their son back, Mercedes admits it was heartbreaking to give away the boy she had believed was her own son for months.
“The baby I had been nursing, taken care of, loving him, bathing,” Mercedes explained. “We were rushed in and we had to go really quickly and we barely had time to say goodbye. … That was the most difficult part of all the situation. … I think we were in love with the baby.”
Since switching the boy back, it’s taken 9 long months to get Moses back home in the United States, but now he is finally home where he belongs.”It’s been a long and painful process, and I can’t believe we have this beautiful miracle boy here in Dallas,” Richard said.
“It was beautiful, it was a blessing of God. I got to nurse him, too, without any problems,” Mercedes said. “He adjusted, he never cried.”
Watch the entire video below to see this emotional and long-awaited homecoming.
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Parents Take Their Baby Home One Year After Being Switched At Birth is an article from: LifeDaily