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Episode: New mother crochets, collects yarn octopi for use in Detroit hospitalβs NICU
Description: Joelle Haley went into labor on Christmas Day. Her son, Kieran, was born two days later, premature at only 24 weeks. To help calm herself, Haley would grab yarn and needles and crochet each day while in the Children's Hospital of Michigan Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at DMC Hutzel Women's Hospital in Detroit.
It's been Haley's hobby since second grade, and something she's now using to help calm other premature babies in the NICU and their mothers. βI had heard a nurse mention that they wished that they had some here, and I asked what she meant out of curiosity,β Haley told...