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 Wisconsin Mother Fosters ‘Hospice Babies,’ Creating ‘House of Hope’ (In part)
-Heather Clark

SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. — The story of a Wisconsin mother of eight who has been caring for hospice babies in the foster system for the past five years has gone viral, generating millions of views and much support.

Cori Salchert first became aware that some parents were relinquishing guardianship of their ill infants while working as a registered nurse and a bereavement specialist for the Hope After Loss Organization (HALO).
She told the Sheboygan Press last January that she found that many such babies are left in a bassinet in a corner of a hospital room, and if they have a feeding tube, they aren’t held much, if at all.

...“I thought, ‘Wow, I would really like to take those kiddos and care for them.'”
However, she soon became ill with an autoimmune disorder and found herself out of work. Discouraged, she asked God how He could use the situation for good.

During this time, Salchert realized that she now had the opportunity to pursue her desire to take in what she called “hospice babies.” She contacted the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and became involved with their foster care program, and soon became matched with a baby girl, who she was informed was in a vegetative state, had a bleak prognosis, and had no name or anyone to care for her.

“Taking all of that information in stride, we left to bring Emmalynn home, having been given the privilege to choose a meaningful name for her and allowed the priceless gift of being her family,” Salchert wrote for TODAY.
Emmalyn lived for 50 days surrounded by those who loved her.

...She had not had a family, and now she was suddenly the youngest sibling of nine,” she recalled. “We held her constantly and took her everywhere with us.”
Emmalyn passed into eternity one night as Salchert held her and sang “Jesus Loves Me.”

“Emmalynn had left her tiny impression on our lives,” Salchert outlined, “and while we were grieving her loss, we eventually began to heal and consider taking in another baby.”
She then took in a baby named Jayden, who actually was able to conquer his illness and was adopted by a relative.

...“These children need nurses, but the overarching thing is, they need moms,” she stated. “Too many people never do anything because they can’t do everything and can’t save everyone. For me, even though I can’t help every child, I’m happy to make a difference in the lives of a few.

“Sometimes I feel like I can’t do this because it’s a lot,” she acknowledges in the video. “And then other times I realize that I am not being asked to do anything that God is not going to give me the grace and strength to do.

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Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
(Mat 25:34-40)

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God bless this precious woman. And God keep and surround with his power all her little one's. Amen. 

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1 hour ago, Abby-Joy said:

What a beautiful story... God bless this woman and her family:emot-heartbeat:

:amen:   It would take a huge heart and a spine of steel to do this. Me, I have the huge heart. However, I couldn't take it breaking for these precious one's if they succumbed to their disease in my care. God takes them home I know. However, it would still crush me to have to say goodbye to such a precious perfectly innocent little life cut short this way. 

God bless and keep anyone who volunteers in Hospice. For the adults or for the care of babies afflicted. :emot-heartbeat:

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My wife and I and our young family did foster care for a number years, way back,  and with few exceptions, babies from birth till  about two years old. This was done at first through a Christian organization, and we took extra training year round, and  for special needs babies. Most of the infants, usually only weeks old, were beautiful bi-racial crack babies. Still in some withdrawal symptoms, they were very lethargic and not too responsive. But when you have a wife and two young girl mommies giving them round the clock attention and constant playing, talking to them, teaching them, holding them, dressing them up,  playing mommy, for months, they all eventually responded as any healthy  growing child. My girls didn't share their new sisters/brothers with dad much, cause what does a dad know. And it was tough to let them go, especially for my girls. So we always had a crying baby in the house for several years till we were forced to work with the state run agency, and the new rules and regulations became just too much, so we left foster care. As did many other friends. Sometimes very time consuming, it was a great family experience, and blessed our family much. You can make a lot of money too. My wife figured we made about thirteen cents an hour average. But all the girls did it for a different reason. Then we did it all over again. Our three kids produced twelve grand kids. (More crying babies) Ain't God good....

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