Silence. “What?” The word barely left her lips. “I am so sorry,” Dr. Wilson said softly. “Your daughter was born the same night as another little girl, just a few minutes apart. You were in Room 204, and the other mother was next door in 203. Two deliveries happening almost at the same time, I was with you, and Dr. Patel was with her.”
She hesitated. “It was a busy night. The nurses were moving quickly, transferring the babies to recovery while we finished the postnatal checks. Somewhere between weighing and tagging, the ID bands were placed incorrectly. And because each doctor assumed the other team had already verified the matches, no one noticed.”