An infant did not have any hospital visitors for five months. So this nurse adopted her.

[Demovictory9]

Two years ago, Liz Smith, director of nursing at Franciscan Children’s hospital in Brighton, Mass., was headed toward the elevator at work when she saw her: a tiny girl with bright blue eyes and a single soft brown curl swept across her forehead.

“Who’s this beautiful angel?” Smith asked the nurse who was wheeling the infant down the hall. “Her name is Gisele,” the nurse told her. The infant, a ward of the state, had been at the hospital for five months, but Smith had never seen her before.

Smith learned that Gisele, then 8 months old, had been born premature at another hospital in July 2016, weighing just under 2 pounds. She had neonatal abstinence syndrome — a result of her birth mother using heroin, cocaine and methadone during pregnancy.

The state of Massachusetts took custody of Gisele when she was 3 months old and transferred her to Franciscan Children’s because her lungs needed specialized care, and she had a feeding tube. The baby did not have a single visitor in her five months at the hospital.


Social service workers were trying to place her in foster care.

"Gisele,” Smith told herself all the way home that evening. “Gisele.” It was at that moment, said Smith, that she knew: “I'm going to foster this baby. I'm going to be her mother.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/04/03/tiny-baby-did-not-have-any-hospital-visitors-five-months-so-nurse-adopted-her/?utm_term=.2c14eda5b57b

[Me.]

1. Gosh, They Look like They Could Be Birth Mother And Child

[JDC]

16. I kinda thought the same thing.

[Thekaspervote]

31. They do!

[Honeycombe8]

36. I thought the same thing! They look alike! It was meant to be.

There's a special place in hell for women who do drugs or drink while pregnant. I understand the women are addicted and have no control, but that's an explanation, not an excuse.

I hope this little girl is all right long term. She's a very lucky little girl to find her forever mommy, and vice versa.

[DeminPennswoods]

37. Was going to post the same

nt

[Rebl2]

40. Thinking the

same thing. Thanks for posting this happy ending story.

[WhiteTara]

2. I'm not crying!

What a beautiful little angel girl.

[ChubbyStar]

3. I am!

(you are too)

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Nope. Neither am I. Nope. Not at all.

[keithbvadu2]

10. Damn onions

[LiberalLovinLug]

46. Me neither! Just got something in my eye

[SilasSouleII]

53. Dang allergies!

[CatMor]

5. What beautiful eyes on that sweet girl ...

and there are wonderful people such as her new mother to give her the good life she deserves.

[FakeNoose]

6. Nurses are very special, wonderful people

[pnwmom]

14. They sure are!

[Mr.Bill]

15. Yes, they are.

I married one 24 years ago.

[GeoWilliam750]

27. Absolutely!

[Niagara]

7. It only takes one person to make a difference

Kudos to this beautiful family!

[Rhiannon12866]

8. What an adorable child - and a heartwarming story!

Someone must be chopping onions here...

[UtahLib]

9. Wonderful story! So happy for them.

[sheshe2]

11. A little bit of love will touch your heart.

[TomSlick]

12. Thanks for the posting.

It helps today to read about a really good person.

[Blue Owl]

13. Nurse Smith is a true hero!

[mitch96]

17. Too cute!!!

A nice heart warming story before my bed time...

m

[LiberalLovinLug]

48. +1000

[smirkymonkey]

60. Awww!

What a beautiful story! Both mother and child are so happy together.

[AwakeAtLast]

18. She's gorgeous!

Beautiful family!

[DesertRat]

19. Beautiful story! Thank you for sharing. k&r

[Stuart G]

20. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You...

WONDERFUL STORY...................................and ........Thank You...and Thank YOU!!!!!

Thank YOU.......We need a story like this....and.............Thank YOU, and Thank You!!!

[CaptainTruth]

21. I'm holding back tears ...

THIS is what makes America great.

Americans loving their fellow Americans.

[lpbk2713]

22. Nurses are remarkable people.

I'm so glad they brought sunshine into each others' lives.

[DoctorJoJo]

23. Two Angels, For Sure!

[proud patriot]

24. Awesomeness

[czarjak]

25. Border Babies need to go back home though?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

52. Point well taken, and several have died.

America has a way of being selectively compassionate and charitable......

[iluvtennis]

26. Aww, I love, love, love stories like this. Blessing to Liz and Gisele.

[Initech]

28. Stories like this give me hope for humanity!

[CentralMass]

29. I have something in my eye.

[Sugarcoated]

30. Wondrous beautiful story

I really needed to see something like this...thanks for sharing

[Bradshaw3]

32. Thanks, you made my day!

And a lot of others too I think for sharing this. I have a friend who adopted two boys of a meth-addicted mother when they were babies. There have been trying times but they are both teenagers now and while one has struggled both are working and one has advanced to an a supervisor position while still in high school.

I appreciate my friend and this nurse.

[Dorian Gray]

33. This made me cry.

[Vinca]

34. Beautiful story.

[DFW]

35. I love happy endings! n/t

[lsewpershad]

38. Wonderful

God bless you both.

[malaise]

39. There are still decent people on our planet

Lovely

[Still In Wisconsin]

41. She's absolutely beautiful. With a name like Giselle, she should be a dancer.

I hereby volunteer to buy her first pair of pointe shoes.

[packman]

42. Damn, I'm getting weepy in my elder years

Bless mother and child and grant them happiness for their lives.

[onetexan]

44. Ditto, beautiful story

[robbedvoter]

43. I used to volunteer in a NICU - holding babies

I could see their stats improving just by being touched.

[stuffmatters]

45. What a beautiful story and mother & child.

[KLRIQ2]

47. I recently attended a shorts program at a film festival, and this was one of the selections.....

Felt kind of relevant sharing........

[KY_EnviroGuy]

49. K&R. Great short and quite appropriate.

Thank you and welcome to DU!........

[Delphinus]

55. Thank you for this ...

and welcome to DU!

[Delphinus]

58. That was

an amazing short - hard in lots of places to watch - and very powerful.

[KLRIQ2]

61. Thank you for the welcomes, DUer back to Dean, Died in the hack.....

Walked away from everything with 2016 results, returned to lurking last summer, slowly back to very limited speaking since September....

[samplegirl]

50. Meant to

be and she knew it. Great story!

[samnsara]

51. what a beautiful child/story..

[Evolve Dammit]

54. Beautiful story. Best to you both!

[Raine]

56. Such a beautiful heartwarming story

it literally brought me to tears but happy tears..

[BSdetect]

57. We would love to donate some amount to help defray the costs for them. Any idea how?

Poor kid had a tough start in life.

What a great human story.

[Demovictory9]

59. update. 2 year old hijacks interview

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/04/04/nurse-adopts-baby-liz-smith-newday-vpx.cnn