When one mum was going to the hospital to see her sick baby, she was overwhelmed with her taxi driver’s act of kindness.
Uber driver Belinda Smith bought 30 outfits for the baby after hearing the family’s story.
Nikki Ihus and her husband Joe had welcomed baby John Henry on September 19.
They knew he would suffer from a rare condition called a congenital diaphragmatic hernia, where the muscle that separates the chest and the abdomen doesn’t form properly, causing the stomach, intestines or liver to move into the chest.
The family are from Kansas City but chose to have John Henry at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. over 1,200 miles away so he could have specialist care.
When he was born. doctors were able to treat him quickly and got him onto extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, where a pump moves blood through an artificial lung outside the baby’s body.
But on October 12, after Joe had returned home for work and Nikki’s mum who had been with them since the baby’s birth, was also out of town, so Nikki took an Uber to a nearby shop to pick up supplies.
She started chatting to her driver Belinda about her baby, as she was struggling because John Henry had deteriorated earlier that day.
Although he was now stable, she was feeling the stress of being alone in Florida while he was still in the hospital.
By the end of the ride, Nikki admits she was crying.
Belinda dropped her off but it wasn’t the end of their interaction.
Once Nikki was gone, she turned Uber off and went and bought 30 new outfits for the baby including one that said ‘I’m a superhero’ on the front, before finding the new mum to give her the gifts.
Nikki was touched by the act of kindness.
She told Yahoo: ‘It is hard, nowadays, to make money and stay afloat.
‘Belinda had mentioned that Uber is her second job…to stop working, to help a complete stranger out, is so incredibly selfless.
‘She really touched my heart and I will cherish the clothes that she purchased and helped me pick out.’
Now the pair have become friends and Belinda has met John Henry in hospital.
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