Wife Passes Away Hours After Giving Birth, Then Husband’s Instinct Tells Him To Check Her Blog

matt and liz laglin were elated when they found out that liz was expecting their first child what would happen next he could have never expected [Music] their love story was one he thought would last forever they met at a gas station and a fairytale love story began sparks flew from that moment on and the two were inseparable after that until it was time to go to college liz was going to study in california while matt chose to stay closer to home at the university of minnesota the pair endured a long distance relationship after graduating matt took a master's degree in chicago he was then contemplating the prospect of pursuing a phd when he made another life-changing decision after all those years apart matt couldn't stand to be away from liz anymore so in 2005 he packed up his belongings and moved halfway across the country to be with his love in la from there liz and matt traveled the world matt got down on one knee and proposed a liz in nepal on august 13 2005 matt and liz tied the knot the newlyweds were excited to start the rest of their lives together and things seemed to be going great matt was a project manager at yahoo and liz working as a financial executive at disney yet there was more to come two years later the pair was elated when they discovered that liz was pregnant with their first child the expectant couple excitedly prepared to welcome their new arrival but little did they know a heart-wrenching turn of events was waiting just around the corner their friends and family back in minnesota couldn't be there for every exciting step along the way so the soon-to-be parents started a pregnancy blog to keep their loved ones in the loop one of man's favorite photos of liz was where the future mother is smiling pointing to her tummy the excited parents had no idea however that soon this picture would become part of an unexpected national stir liz was happy but her pregnancy was difficult she had severe morning sickness and concerned doctors eventually ordered her to rest in bed for a few weeks matt continued to update the couple's pregnancy blog but never could have expected how this would turn out it was seven weeks before liz's due date and suddenly she was rushed to the delivery room her pregnancy was called high risk by doctors finally it was actually time for the baby to come out however the baby was nearly two months premature liz had to undergo an emergency c-section operation on march 24 2008 matt and liz laglin's lives changed forever after a successful surgery the pair welcomed daughter madeleine or maddie laglin into the world weighing barely three pounds 14 ounces the new parents were elated and liz saw their beautiful baby girl briefly however because she was born premature the hospital staff quickly took her to the neonatal intensive care unit meanwhile matt took to the blog to announce the birth madeline's here he wrote to his family and friends liz couldn't wait to hold her new daughter however doctors demanded that she needed more hours of bed rest this was the moment they'd been waiting for finally the three of them would be able to have some much-needed bonding time but then tragedy struck matt helped liz carefully into the wheelchair when suddenly she whispered i feel light headed and collapsed in his arms matt knew that something wasn't right doctors and nurses rushed to her side and suddenly she was shown out of the room left alone the new father was now fearing the worst suddenly there's this code blue people rushing past me matt recalled holding back tears all of a sudden it hit me he tearfully told the guardian in 2011 she was going to die today here in this hospital and she was never going to hold her baby only 27 hours after giving birth to manline doctors had confirmed that a deadly blood clot had traveled to liz's lungs and caused a rare fatal pulmonary embolism in just one day matt had gone from a proud new father to a heartbroken widow he was so excited to fill the pregnancy blog with happy pictures but instead his next post was a heartbreaking one mere days before matt had written an elated birth announcement for madeline now he found himself typing a heart-wrenching obituary five weeks ago things were perfect he mournfully wrote in the blog entry entitled liz on that same day my world fell apart in the blink of an eye matt's world was shattered the 30 year old simultaneously found himself to be a grief stricken widower and a new father left navigating the confusing roller coaster of emotions he was overcome with he had to cope with being a father on his own whilst mourning his soul mate after the funeral the new father rushed to the hospital still in his suit to be with his daughter coping with the sad reality maddie was released from the hospital and the new father could take her home where he wished so much that his wife would be waiting when i finally got to bring madeline home for the first time i felt the house alive again the first few weeks after liz died were truly impossible he couldn't bring himself to remove any reminders of her or his wedding ring when he went out with madeline he found himself comforting strangers who were saddened by his response to where the baby's mother was she passed away the day after the baby was born i'd say the hardest thing about being by myself after liz died was just not having her around me when she wasn't here to share in the joys of having our brand new daughter with us still struck by grief matt knew he had to do his best to raise maddie and make his wife proud he started posting an online parenting forum hosted by his hometown paper the minnesota star tribune but that wasn't all he also reopened his and liz's pregnancy blog into a personal parenting blog and found some solace in the writing process the single father poured his heart out and soon something unexpected happened his honest writing helped matt find some relief as a single parent in widower he also sought out the support of other parents to relate to and who could provide support during the intensely difficult time i have some great memories of liz and i can tell her about all these things but maddie wasn't the only one who would see it some minutes i'm extremely happy and there are other minutes when i'm so down i don't know what to do that's what i try to convey through the plot he said before long the blog transformed again into something that would have lasting effects on him and the baby matt thought the blog which was now called matt liz and madeline life and death all in a 27-hour period would be a meaningful virtual scrapbook for madeline when she grew up yet it became an unexpected internet phenomenon matt was receiving useful advice he had also created a place for other parents in similar situations to relate to one another in addition the forum was attracting tens of thousands of pageviews a day and about a million to a million and a half visitors per month the blog had produced something inspiring and incredible out of tragedy it served as a therapeutic outlet and also the place where the single father could get advice from others the online community also got together for something truly heartfelt complete strangers were so touched by a story that they started to send in a variety of items to help ease the pressure of the situation and help the single dad focus on raising his child and dealing with his greed matt received toys diaper bags formula dividers and even hair clips after he wrote of his fear of not dressing maddie in the way liz would have wanted they soon received so many gifts i never imagined that people would care about us the way they do he said with the help of some of his regular readers matt eventually set up a charity organization in liz's name and did something incredible with it run by volunteers the liz loglin foundation organized fundraising events like 5k walks and runs in her memory one event raised four thousand four hundred dollars that was intended to go to matt and maddie however matt envisioned another way to honor his wife's memory matt asked me if it was okay if he gave away all the money that had been raised for him and madeline to the widows and widowers he had met through his blog recalled the foundation's co-executive rachel egretson they didn't have the same network of support and he wanted to help them as time passed matt laughlin was struck by how much his daughter madeline resembled his late life he realized that his blogging had not only been vital for his survival but held a greater purpose in many ways it's a love letter to manline and a liz he said liz will never read it of course i want manline to know that her dad didn't just curl up in a ball and start drinking heavily i want her to know i was out there doing as much as i could for her and trying to make her as happy as i could he didn't intend to keep the blog active forever matt was blown away by the response to his blog and all the opportunities that it presented matt and maddie were now also heavily invested in helping others in similar positions but the two would soon start on a new path that would again change things in a big way in 2009 matt decided to take leave from his job to pursue something unforgettable with maddie by his side the two traveled to india where matt wanted to take a couple of months to write a memoir matt and liz had traveled there a year after their wedding so he wanted to do it with his daughter their two months there gave him the time and space to write his memoir two kisses for maddie a memoir of loss and love the book became an instant new york times bestseller and there was more good fortune in store the same year that matt's book about his first year as a widower and single dad was published it seemed that love was in the air again for man he started dating brooke gullickson who volunteered with the liz loglin foundation the two had met the previous year at one of the organization's annual fundraiser runs brooks said she knew nearly instantly that matt was the one finally things seemed to be looking up for the widower when brooke moved from minnesota to los angeles to be with matt and maddie he felt the need to post an explanation on his blog underlining that he hadn't replaced liz he wrote but even in my darkest moments there has been happiness and with brooke now in our lives there's even more happiness while the couple had initially wanted to keep a low profile regarding their relationship the word soon got out however not everyone was as enthusiastic while most of matt's blog readers were supportive others were more critical and accused him of having swept liz under the carpet brook conducted an interview with parenting.com in which she opened up about her thoughts on being a replacement mom by the summer of 2013 things between matt and brooke fizzled matt then took to facebook to confirm an 8 now deleted post that the two had gone their separate ways although things didn't work out with brooke life still had more surprises for matt and love wouldn't be lost on him after the breakup with brooke matt took some time alone however rumors began to swirl about him dating lizzie molino a writer for the animated series bob's burgers the rumors seemed to be confirmed when the two appeared together at a benefit comedy show for the liz logan foundation in the fall of 2016. nonetheless inquisitive fans discovered something wonderful matt lagelin and lizzie molino had largely kept information about their relationship under wraps to protect their privacy however fans discovered a wedding website matt maughlin and lizzie molino the parents secretly wed in palm springs california in february 2018 and while matt lagelin might prefer to be discreet on his private life these days his chronicles about maddie have caught the eye of one particular a-lister back in 2012 the lifetime network considered making a screen adaptation of matt laglin's book the kisses for maddie a memoir of loss and love the plans to have writer marta kaufman at the forefront of the tv project however didn't materialize words started to circulate that channing tatum was going to take on a bigger budget hollywood film adaptation of the book the popular actor is said to serve as executive producer and might even star in the pending father-daughter drama so where does that leave matt and maddie after matt's experienced more than his fair share of pain the unexpected path that life has taken him on certainly provided a meaningful and humbling experience he continues today as a guest speaker at multiple grief and widowhood summit and is a guest columnist for glamour magazine and how's maddie doing maddie longlin turned 10 years old on march 24 2018. that date also marked 10 years since the tragic passing of her mother liz in spite of the tragic circumstances of her past her father and extended family have done everything to surround her with love and happiness along with asking her father about what her parents used to do for fun together there was one question that really choked matt up daddy did you hold mommy's hand when she died she innocently asked one day matt said he did his best to explain things to his young daughter but what i said will never take away what happened that day looking back on the exchange matt revealed that maddie knew what he needed to hear and then said daddy i love you to which he returned i love you too maddie