Today May 11th is Baby Gleeds birthday. Every year my mom
told me “today is Baby’s birthday”. She was not a baby my mom had; she was the
first baby that Grandma Carmen and Grandpa Merlin had. The cord was wrapped
around her neck and she was unable to be born. The Dr pulled and tore her out
of Grandma. Grandma required over 200 stitches and almost died. She was sent to
St Marks hospital in Salt Lake City Utah where a nun nursed her back to life by
spoon feeding her broth slowly throughout the day. To help distract her from the pain Grandma would listen to the radio. She had a favorite person to listen too (I think it was Dorothy Thompson but I don’t remember).
It took several months before she could go home and they were unsure if she
would be able to have children. Lucky for all of us she was able. The impact
was big enough that every year my mom remembered Baby’s (her older sister)
birthday.
Happy birthday Baby
