On Tuesday in HERMOSA (Chicago) mother and daughter helped save the life of a newborn boy found in a shopping bag left in a dumpster in an alley on North Keystone Avenue.
The woman heard weeping and looked inside the blankets lying in the bag. Obviously, the baby is born for 1-2 hours before was found «blue and not on what did not react» at about 16:00. He lost a lot of blood due to untreated umbilical cord. The child spent some time outside in the cold and rainy weather, and had to be brought back to life. Woman immediately took the baby to the fire station on North Pulaski Avenue.
«The child was cold as a stone» — said at the conference on Tuesday, the paramedic Patrick Fitzmaurice, describing the moment when a fire Osita opened the door to the kind samarityanka. «I was not very optimistic, but as I told the Lieutenant I was not ready to lose this baby. Another few minutes and the baby would have no chance to survive.» He praised women for what drove the newborn to the fire station, noting that the outcome could be different if they tried to take him to the hospital or called 911.
Update. The newborn found in alley on north Keystone has been upgraded from stable to very critical. The little guy is crying and kicking and about to be transferred to LCH on Chicago Ave. thanks to CFD paramedics and ED crew at Norwegian!
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) May 7, 2019
Paramedic Melanie Howe was one of those who did CPR on the child, who by the time he was brought to the firehouse, was not breathing. Howie said, «We are very fortunate that this child has become much better.» Later the baby was taken to the hospital Norwegian American Hospital.
In a tweet on Tuesday, the chief of the fire Department of Chicago, Larry Langford wrote that the child’s condition improved from critical to stable. «The baby is crying and kicking,» said he, adding that the newborn be transferred to children’s hospital Lurie Children’s Hospital.
Now the authorities are looking for the mother of the child, whose identity is not established.
Patrick Fitzmaurice told WGNTV: «I don’t know what it’s like to have a child, be pregnant and be in horrible circumstances, when you’re forced to do something like that.» He added: «Come to us, call 911. We will take the child to a hospital, mom in another. We are not going to judge anyone. Do not leave a child in the alley. Come to the fire station. Leave the child here. Give him a chance.»
In Illinois no one will ask questions if the mother decides to keep the baby in the hospital, police station or fire Department within 30 days after its birth. The relevant law was adopted in 2001, and since then he has helped to save the life of a newborn 131, said dawn Geras, who lobbied for the adoption of this law.
