Nurse Who Saved Premature Baby in 1972 Shares Decades-Long Bond With the Child She Rescued
By
Kayla Grant
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Summary
A heartwarming story about retired nurse June LaJeunesse who saved a premature baby, Carole Flynn, believed to be stillborn in 1972. The quick-thinking nurse revived the infant, leading to a decades-long bond between them. Carole later went on to work in the same medical system as the nurse who saved her life.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledI started having pains in my stomach and I'm like 'Well, this can't be. I can't be having her,'
Over 50 years ago, June LaJeunesse, a now-retired nurse who worked at UMass Memorial Medical Center, bravely attempted to save Cheryl Flynn's baby girl, Carole Flynn, who doctors believed was stillborn.
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