A baby she cared for nearly three decades ago was reunited with a California nurse in a touching encounter.Now that he is an adult, he works in the same hospital where he was born. The moving story has received widespread attention since it was shared on Facebook.
According to The Mercury News, a local publication, Vilma Wong has worked as a nurse for 32 years.The lasting bond that nurses like Wong can form with their patients is demonstrated by a recent chance encounter.
Wong helped him grow to a still-small weight of five pounds, two ounces after 40 days in the unit.Finally, Seminatore and his parents were able to leave the hospital.
That last name, according to the nurse, sounded familiar.Wong stated to The Mercury News, « I kept asking him where he was from, and he told me that he was from San Jose, California, and that he was actually a premature baby born at our hospital. »
I remember being the primary nurse for a baby with the same last name, so I became very suspicious.
Given that she looks after so many infants in the unit, he was surprised that she remembered him.He knew Wong’s name because their family often talks about her and fellow nurse Kas Pilon and remembers them for taking care of Seminatore when she was a baby.Although meeting her in person was « surreal, » he admitted that he had always known who she was.
According to Seminatore, « She cares deeply for her patients, to the point that she was able to remember a patient’s name almost three decades later. »
