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Nurse jumps into action to make sure a new mom could hold her baby<\/h2>\n

The mother had never met her newborn baby.<\/p>\n

And critical care nurse Kalli Gillman had just a few minutes to make the special moment happen.<\/p>\n

The mom, Sarah Mays, had nearly died of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

To ensure Sarah\u2019s survival, teams of specialists at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital had to do an emergency cesarean delivery when Sarah was only 29 weeks pregnant, then immediately connect Sarah to a life support system called ECMO which stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. (Read more about Sarah\u2019s ordea<\/a>l.)<\/p>\n

Both mother and baby Kabrini survived.<\/p>\n

But around the time Sarah got off ECMO and regained consciousness, Kalli received an urgent call.<\/p>\n

Kabrini, who was just days old, had some health issues and needed to be transferred immediately to Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado.<\/p>\n

Sarah was still in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but desperately wanted to hug Kabrini for the first time before the transfer. Normally, critical care nurses don\u2019t disconnect ICU patients from lifesaving equipment and race them out of the ICU, down an elevator and clear across the hospital to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).<\/p>\n

But Sarah\u2019s motherly instincts were kicking in. She needed to see her baby. Thankfully, her health was improving dramatically, which made the impromptu journey possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe came down from needing 10 liters of oxygen to two liters, to breathing on her own,\u201d Kalli said. \u201cI was watching her improve right before my eyes.<\/p>\n

So Kalli jumped into action.<\/p>\n

She rounded up a wheelchair, stabilized Sarah, begged her charge nurse to cover her other patients and got ready to sprint.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just did everything we could. She really wanted to see her baby,\u201d Kalli said.<\/p>\n

Once Kalli wheeled Sarah into the NICU, the task of placing Kabrini into her mom\u2019s arms was not simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NICU nurses took her out of her isolette and put her on Sarah\u2019s chest,\u201d said Kalli, who then snapped the family\u2019s first photos.<\/p>\n

\u201cPictures help us hold onto memories. The more people get to feel like humans and less like patients, the better,\u201d Kalli said. \u201cThis was a really special moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Sarah, the sweet meeting seemed to last just minutes. In fact, Kalli patiently waited as the family bonded for 2 \u00bd hours.<\/p>\n

During that time, Kalli watched Sarah blossom from a critically ill woman to a mother at peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat morning, it was hard for her to take a step on her own. Then she was up out of bed, into the wheelchair and waltzed to see her baby. Her fears didn\u2019t matter anymore. It was like she instantly decided, \u2018I need to be strong for my baby.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The transport crew arrived all too soon to whisk Kabrini away.<\/p>\n

But Kalli had made the first, magical meet-and-greet happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t really feel like a mom until you hold your baby,\u201d Kalli said.<\/p>\n

For Kalli, the life-affirming experience gave her more energy to keep doing her job during a tough point in the pandemic. She has been a nurse for nearly eight years and floats between the ICU and the Emergency Department. She has witnessed many heartbreaks during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Watching Sarah bond with Kabrini was the perfect antidote to so much sorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hadn\u2019t been getting a lot of positive outcomes. It was really nice to be with them,\u201d she said. \u201cThat day, I got to take care of a person.\u201d<\/p>\n

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