14 years after baby was left at Rockford, Ill., hospital in a shoebox, his mother and her nurse reunite
by Vikki Ortiz, Chicago Tribune
Apr 19, 2018
3 minutes
A former teen mom and the Rockford, Ill., nurse who cared for her 3-pound infant brought to the hospital in a shoebox 14 years ago had an emotional reunion on an episode of "The Doctors" recently.
Cherish Coates, now a 29-year-old mother of three living in Arizona, and Jeannie Joseph, a neonatal nurse at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, were invited to the nationally syndicated daytime talk show in November, after their story was featured in the Tribune.
Allen, once the tiny
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