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Idaho Mom's gift to local hospitals allows parents more time with deceased babies

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Channel: East Idaho News · 2017 · News & Politics

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REXBURG --  

VO: Erica Willenbring’s goal is to make sure 40 hospitals in Idaho have a CuddleCot. Madison Memorial Hospital is the 6th.

SOT: “I am a loss Mom and I have triplets in heaven. It’s been a little over three years so it’s taken me a while to find a way I could give back,” Erica Willenbring said. 

VO: After going through hard losses of her own Willenbring is doing all she can to give back. Her charity Little Joys Remembrance Foundation is working with the U.S. CuddleCot Campaign getting CuddleCots from the U.K. 

VO: It is designed to keep babies bodies cool allowing families to have more time to say goodbye. 

“I think it’s something that unites loss moms. Having the cuddle cot having the time that’s something I think we can all agree we’ve yearned for, and that’s something that every family will have the option to have,” Willenbring said.

VO: The CuddleCot is made up of multiple parts.When the machine is turned on a fan starts that keeps the connected pad at a cool 46 degrees.  

 “We’re so fortunate to live in this community and have these people and have all the mothers of losses that have reach out toward us and I think our bereavement program wouldn’t be what it is today without that,” Clawson said 
 
VO: During CuddleCot presentation Administrators at Madison Memorial turned around and gifted Willenbring for $1,000 to her Charity.  

“We just couldn’t help but to pay it forward,” Clawson said. 

VO: Each CuddleCot runs upwards of $3,000. Willenbring says every penny helps.

“To see such a generous donation, I mean I want to cry, it’s huge,” Willenbring said. 

VO: In Rexburg, I’m Natalia Hepworth, EastIdahoNews.com.

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