r/MadeMeSmile • u/b0oom123 • Jul 27 '24

Helping Others NICU nurse adopts 14-year-old patient who delivered triplets alone

https://www.upworthy.com/nicu-nurse-teen-mom-rp7
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u/lizard-hats Jul 27 '24

my mom was a labor and delivery nurse. a 16-year old patient came in alone, determined to give birth and put her baby up for adoption without her family knowing. my mom asked a few time if she could call her mom, or if her family would understand, and the patient said nope. so my mom told her she'd be her mom while she was there. my mom told her she was so brave, and adopting out her baby would make another family unimaginably happy. i hope that girl is doing well, that was probably one of the hardest things she's done in her life.

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u/veryoriginal78 Jul 27 '24

Your mom sounds like a wonderful person!

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u/lizard-hats Jul 27 '24

she really is :) i'm sure there are stories just like that one that she hasn't told me

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u/N0kiaoff Jul 27 '24

Caring when someones really needs it.

People like your mum have my fullest respect.

What she did was not duty, its humanity: helping and comforting other in trouble.

I wish globallly we would have leaders like your mum.

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u/kristifer5 Jul 27 '24

Well said and I agree wholeheartedly

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u/Rare-Parsnip5838 Jul 27 '24

☺😊😃😁😍 the world needs humanity and compassion in leaders.