âShe wasnât breathing didnât have a pulse.â
Thatâs how singer Colton Dixon recalls the 2020 birth of his daughter, Ava, telling CBN News how he and his wife, Annie, reacted as doctors rushed to save their child.
âNot the way you want to meet your daughter for the first time,â Dixon said. âWhatâs so wild is my wife did so well the pregnancy and we got to the Hospital, she went into labor naturally, and doctors and nurses were monitoring everything.â
But as the situation unfolded, doctors realized they needed to perform a C-section to ensure the coupleâs twins were safely born. And thatâs when the situation took a turn.
âSince it had taken so long, little Ava Dior, she had made her way into the birth canal and her body just didnât know what to do with all of that,â Dixon said. âSo her body shut down. So when she came out, she wasnât breathing, didnât have a pulse â and it was terrifying.â
Ultimately, in those earth-shaking moments, Dixon said he and his wife were faced with a âFaith or fear decision,â with the duo choosing to lean into the former over the latter.
âMy wife and I both, we started to pray and believe that God is who He says He is, and Heâs still a God of miracles,â Dixon said. âAnd watched as the doctors and nurses worked on our little girl just beside us there.â
He continued, âAnd whether it was God reaching down and touching her or working through those ⊠doctors and nurses, we saw little Ava Dior start to breathe and have a pulse.â
Dixon said his daughterâs pulse coming back offered immediate relief and was an answer to prayer, calling it a âwild, wild moment.â
The âBuild a Boatâ singer reflected deeper on the moments during which the crisis was unfolding, noting he and his wife simply rested on their Faith in Godâs promises. They knew God had already done miracles in their lives and truly believed he could do it again.
âWe just started speaking over little Dior, like from the top of her head and soles of her feet,â he said. âI mean, we were getting bold with our prayers.â
And these bold prayers unfolded right in front of the nurses and doctors trying to help his baby â something Dixon and his wife didnât think twice about.
âWe probably looked really weird to the doctors and nurses, but, in that moment, we did not care at all,â he said.
Watch Dixon share more above. The singer is also out with a new kidsâ book titled âBuild a Boat.â
For more journeys like this, stream âInvestigating the Supernatural: Miracles.â Weâll leave you with the trailer:
