A teen walked into a hospital with a shoebox. When a nurse opened it, she couldn’t believe her eyes. For over two decades, Jenny Joseph had worked as a neonatal nurse. Over the years, she had seen and heard stories of unusual circumstances in which babies were brought into this world. But 14 years ago, she played a major role in a story of her own that has now become huge, and it all started with a shoebox.
Jenny was working at the Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Illinois, on April 24, 2004. She was in the special care nursery when she was called from the emergency department and told there was someone to see her. Down the hall, she noticed a teary-eyed teen boy wearing a hoodie and holding a shoebox. Jenny was shocked when she looked inside the box. Wrapped in a dish towel in Dahl’s onesie was a three-pound baby inside the shoebox. The hospital staff put the baby in isolation immediately while the team just stood there. Read the full story here ▶
