Atlanta woman, good Samaritan step up to help mom in need of specific baby formula

ATLANTA – Dad and mom across the nation are scrambling to get components throughout a nationwide scarcity. An Atlanta girl has stepped in to ship some much-needed nourishment to a mother whose child wants a really particular kind of components to remain alive.

Aileen Hernandez desperately wanted components for her child. Her buddy Laverne Small knew a few drive occurring at this espresso store. She informed the proprietor. The proprietor put out the phrase. The following factor you realize, that mother will get the doubtless life-saving components for her child.

Child Abigail Hernandez was born with just one chamber pumping her little hear.

 “She has to have surgical procedure quickly,” her mom says. “It’s referred to as tricuspid atricia.”

Abigail is lower than 2 months-old. She will be able to’t drink her mom, Aileen’s milk, and she or he has issues processing most components

“She was not passing gasoline, and she or he was not stooling.”

Docs frightened they must resort to synthetic strategies.

“They had been afraid she may want to make use of a tube for me to feed her.”

Aileen came upon Abigail can digest a really particular kind of components.

“She will be able to solely take similac delicate components.”

The issue proper now’s the nation is struggling via an acute scarcity of child components.

“We haven’t been capable of finding it right here in any respect. The scarcity of the components will not be a joke.”

She, like so many different mother and father, is scrambling to feed her daughter.

HJernandez lives in Tennessee, however her buddy Laverne heard a few components drive at Gal’s Espresso Store in Buckhead.

“They couldn’t discover the components inside 30-miles of the place they dwell,” Small stated. “When she informed me I used to be like this not good. I discussed to her concerning the components Abigail wanted, and she or he stated okay—I’ll put it on the market.”

Laverne informed the proprietor about her buddy’s state of affairs. An nameless good Samaritan donated components.

“Inside a day or two any individual donated the precise components she wanted,” Small stated. “I received it and FedEx it to her.”

Hernandez os grateful for her buddy’s assist and the generosity of the great Samaritan.

 “To have her doing that –she’s a blessing to us,” she stated. “”They donated 12 packing containers. They don’t know the distinction they’re making in our lives proper now.”

The provision is sweet for 2 weeks. Hernandez says she hopes to search out extra by then. She has to. Her child’s life depends upon it.