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Jessie Platt:
On October 1, 2009, I had an emergency c-section due to placental abrup-
tion. Needless to say, I was terrified but hopeful that my baby would be OK.
October
Marina Platt
(AKA Tobi) was born that day at four pounds, 11 ounces, and stayed in the
Jackson Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for two weeks. Although it was very
hard to leave the hospital without my baby, I knew that she was in good hands. Hayley
Hooks, Julie Rogers and all the other nurses took such wonderful care of Tobi, and for that
I will be forever grateful. Jackson Hospital is truly a great place to have a baby! Today,
Tobi is a six-year-old kindergartner who loves art, animals and donuts.
Corrine Rollan:
My dad was born at Jackson; I was born at Jackson; and now my daughter,
Ellorie James
, was born at Jackson on February 5, 2016. My mom also works at Jackson
in the nursery! My water broke at 12:42am. I got to the hospital at about 1:30am and was
treated amazingly by my labor and delivery nurse, Jessie. She coached me through the whole
thing alongside my mother. I delivered my baby girl at 7:42am, exactly seven hours after my
water broke! I was treated with such care from all of the nurses, and I couldn’t ask for a bet-
ter birth experience.
Lindsey Mills:
I gave birth to both of my children at Jackson. My firstborn is
Connor Reid
Weathers.
He was the New Year’s baby, born January 1, 2012, at 12:12am. I went into
labor around 8pm New Year’s Eve. My original OB-GYN, Dr. Whittington, was on vacation
when I went into labor. The doctor on call that night was Ed Reed, MD, which is very ironic
because I had already picked out Reid for a middle name for my son. The assisting nurse
was the same nurse that took care of me in 2010 after a severe car wreck. What a blessing
to have the nurse that took care of me when I could have lost my life be there to wit-
ness God had bigger and better plans for my life! My daughter was also born at Jackson.
Kamryn Elizabeth
was born on December 1, 2012, at 5:12pm, seconds before Alabama
won the NCAA national championship football game! I gave birth to both my children in
the same year exactly 11 months apart. With two very special people and on two unforget-
table days: New Year’s Day and a national championship.
Rebecca Myrick:
My one and only son was born at Jackson Hospital on a very beautiful
Saturday evening, June 12, 1993. The awesome young nurse Paulette Springer helped Glenn
Saucer, MD, deliver him! I remember that day as if it was yesterday! I walked onto the four
north wing, smiling from ear to ear. I began to explain to them that I had two much older
daughters who were born in 1980 and 1981, and that because of the vegetarian diet that I
was on, I would probably not experience severe labor pains. So to pass the time, before be-
ing sent back home, they said I could walk the halls. I walked onto the floor before 4pm, and
my handsome son was born at 7:30pm surrounded by a roomful of family, including his two
older sisters. My son,
James Myrick Jr.
, known as JJ, also served as a volunteer at Jackson
Hospital. Now he is serving his country in the Air Force as an airman/load master. He has been
in the Air Force since he was 18. His crew is now deployed and serving in Afghanistan until
May 2016! JJ is also doing some volunteer work at the hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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