Cuddle Cot Donated to Monroe Clinic Family Birth & Women's Center

Families touched by loss of a child make donation

 

August 24, 2017

Photo courtesy of Leslie Schmidt

Back Row (L-R): Monroe Clinic Family Birth & Women's Center nurses Erica Blair, RN; Dana Kundert, RN, and Kim Granger, RN. Seated (L-R): Tia Long holding Ariella and Jackie Harwick holding Emma. Front (L-R): Trevor Long with Eli and Garrik Harwick with Conor and Grayson.

The donation of a Cuddle Cot and Moses basket were made to Monroe Clinic's Family Birth & Women's Center recently. The donation was made by two families who have each experienced the loss of a child.

A Cuddle Cot is used to cool and preserve a newborn's body in the event of a stillbirth. The device allows grieving parents more time with their baby before they have to say good-bye. Without the Cuddle Cot, parents only have a few hours with their child.

Tia and Trevor Long, Brodhead, lost their first-born baby, Adelyne, as the result of an automobile collision Tia was involved in late...



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