We are thankful to the soldiers for fighting to keep us safe so that we can live a peaceful life. They risked their lives to protect us and died for us. How hard it must be for the soldiers themselves and for their families, especially the children. They have to miss out on so many occasions like weddings, birthdays and parties, even something as special as watching the birth of their child.
Brooks Lindsey, a military man from Mississippi, missed the chance to see the first few minutes of his newborn baby’s life. Since soldiers are allowed to travel back home for their child’s delivery only on one condition if the labor is complicated. Brooks thought that he would not get a chance to see his newborn but then he got a call from his wife Haley’s doctor and it changed everything.
The doctor suggested her to be in a hospital in an hour because the labor must be induced. “I received a call from my doctor that my pressures were too high, and the baby was being stressed and I was preeclamptic,” she said.
In these circumstances, Brooks got the permission to travel back home, but he could only book a flight for the next morning. “I was sure that we would already have a baby by then!” said Haley. Unfortunately, his flight was delayed but he was allowed to see everything through the phone.
Haley said: “My Doctor told my mother-in-law to pull the phone out and show him what was going on.”
Airport personnel allowed him to watch till it was finished, then they heard Haley’s doctor shouting “Don’t let him board the flight! She’s here! She’s here!”.
Brooks finally reached to meet his daughter and had the chance to spend 4 days with his family.
