A Madison County family is thanking doctors and first responders after they saved the life of their son, just days after he was born.

"I was feeding him, and he just let out this loud scream and his arms started trying to like flail. So I took the bottle out and he started turning red and gasping for air,” said Justin Ames, Emmett’s father.

Just days after coming home from the hospital, Emmett stopped breathing.

"We had him on the floor and he was just coughing and gasping for air. The 911 operator started instructing Stephanie to do CPR and chest compressions,” Justin said.

EMTs then arrived and brought the infant to Oneida Health Hospital. 

"They managed to get a pulse back after a little bit, and at that point, that's when they took him over to Golisano's,” said Justin.

Despite being resuscitated, his parents say the newborn's health was still in question.

“They had incubated him by the time I had gotten there, and the doctor had come in and said there wasn't a good chance he would survive,” said Emmett’s mother Stephanie.

Emmett's parents said testing showed he had a near-miss Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) episode.

Going an extended period of time without oxygen also created a risk for brain damage.

"The tests came back and he had some brain damage, but being a baby, I guess they said it might go away, it might fix itself. And they slowly were able to take him off all the machines,” Stephanie said.

About three months later, his parents want to recognize those who helped save his life. 

"Honestly, there's absolutely nothing we can do to repay them, because truly, they saved his life, and it's something I'm eternally going to be grateful for," they said.

It’s been a tough journey for a three-month-old, but now his mom says he is a "normal, happy baby, just living his best baby life."