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Texas NICU Nurse Adopts Baby She Cared For: 'It Was an Instant Connection'
September 16, 2019
Baby Jackson is the apple of his mom's eye. The two share a special bond, and the way it came about is even more special. Claire Mills, 25, is a NICU nurse at a hospital in Houston, Texas. When Jackson was born five weeks premature at the same hospital, he quickly became more than Mills' patient. So when his biological mother worried she couldn't care for him in the way he deserved, she asked Mills if she would adopt him. She said yes and has been raising the sweet little boy ever since.