This is a picture from an article called “The Rescuing Hug.” The article details the first week of life of a set of twins. Apparently, each were in their respective incubators, and one was not expected to live. A hospital nurse fought against hospital rules and placed the babies in one incubator. When they were placed together the healthier of the two threw an arm over her sister in a endearing embrace. The smaller baby’s heart rate stabilized and her temperature rose to normal.
Above excerpt from: http://www.snopes.com/glurge/hug.aspÂ
I get weary of feel-good stories that aren’t true. They bug me. Why send a made up one when there’s plenty of real material out there. So when I received this in my email, my first automatic response was to go to Snopes (a website that debunks urban myths).
Much to my surprise, Snopes lists this story as true. I also didn’t find a debunk on urbanlegends.com – What a nice surprise! So you can enjoy the story, be warmed by it, and know that it’s now cheezy internet fodder.
Snopes said of the story:
“As glurgirific as it must sound, this is actually a true story.”Â
The power of a loving touch is why I knew my simple investment of a month could make a difference in the lives of my babies in China. It was AMAZING to see them thrive with even the simplest contact.
Now, go hug someone.
Hi Suz,
You should let people know about what that is. Do you have a link to the organization?