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Mom shares story of ‘miracle’ baby born moments before husband’s death

By Lauren Silver, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

"Miracle" baby born moments before father's death. File photo. (artelectico/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

By Lauren Silver, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut woman’s Facebook post is going viral and has been shared more than 33,000 times after she described delivering her son three weeks early so that her husband could meet the baby before dying.

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Haley Parke’s husband, Jb, had been admitted to the hospital on Nov. 28 with complications from cancer. Jb’s original 6-month prognosis became a matter of days, and so the couple decided to induce Haley on Dec. 2, even though her due date with their son was three weeks away, WFSB reported.

I come to you all with news that is the most joyous, but also the most somber. On December 2nd, my husband Jb and I...

Posted by Haley Parke on Saturday, December 4, 2021

In the post, Parke said that after they began the induction, Jb’s health declined further and so they did a cesarean section to allow Jb to meet their son. After the baby was born, he was rushed to his father’s room. “The miracle of all this? When our baby was placed on Jb’s chest, Jb’s vitals all instantly improved,” Parke said in the post.

Jb spent his last moments with his new baby on his chest and holding his wife’s hand, WTIC reported.

Since Parke’s Facebook post, a GoFundMe was launched to support the family, raising $44,800 by Thursday afternoon.

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