Coming home from the hospital with a newborn baby is overwhelming even for parents who’ve had nine months to prepare, so when one nurse suddenly gained custody of her weeks-old granddaughter, she was understandably overwhelmed.
Sara Putnam was completely unprepared when she suddenly was granted custody of her newborn granddaughter Isabella, and was running around in between her long nursing shifts to find food, clothing, and other baby supplies that she needed if she were going to raise a new baby.
Putnam was rummaging through a box of donated baby clothes in the break room of the Henrico Doctor’s Hospital when fellow nurse Pam Medina found her, and once she learned of the situation, she promised to help. “I told her to stop that and that I would find what she needed,” Medina said.
Medina sprung to action and reached out to a variety of Facebook where she explained Putnam’s situation. “I explained her sudden need and that she was a hard-working woman. The response was overwhelming,” Medina said as she received an overwhelming amount of donations from strangers.
Medina drove to the hospital with a car full of baby supplies to surprise Putnam. “I told her I found her a stroller and she needed to come to the car to get it,” Medina said. When Putnam saw the inside of the car, she instantly broke down in tears. “Oh my God! What have you done? Thank you everybody!”
“I just sobbed. I just cried,” Medina said. “I am still overwhelmed by the response of folks who did not know me and did not know her. It makes me get really emotional now. It’s not me. It’s the people who responded.”
Watch the touching video below to see the incredible amount of donations one nurse managed to collect for her co-worker.
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