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Articles by Cori Salchert
Cori Salchert's House of Hope For Hospice Babies
Snippet #009 Listen in to hear about a baby once wheeled into a corner and left to die, who found love in the Salcherts arms, as well as other stories about real children with real needs, and how Cori and Mark Salchert are ensuring every moment of these shortened lives is as special as it can be. A wooden crib stood alone in a quiet corner of the NICU, close to but apart from the rest of the unit. Special lighting beamed from above jaundiced babies.
Cori Salchert: Assisted suicide is not the answer - every life is worth the fight
As more and more states consider passing assisted suicide policy, it is important for Americans to realize that this dangerous policy puts vulnerable lives, like mine and my children’s, at risk. In 2012, I was facing what appeared to be a hopeless situation.
Mother Adopts Sick Babies So They Don't Die Alone | Reader's Digest
Tim Klein for Reader's Digest Cori Salchert of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, sits on a hospital bed parked in the middle of her living room stroking the peach fuzz on top of her newly adopted son’s head. One-year-old Charlie is at ease in his mother’s arms, drifting off to the hum of his ventilator. His mother adopted him knowing that there was a good chance he would not live long. Serving as foster and adoptive parents did not seem feasible for Cori and her husband, Mark, a few years ago.
I adopt 'hospice babies' no one else wants; here's why
Cori Salchert calls the home she shares with her husband, Mark, a “house of hope.” A former perinatal bereavement nurse with eight biological children, Salchert began adopting what she calls “hospice babies” — babies with life-limiting or terminal diagnoses — in 2012. Salchert says these babies come from families who find it difficult to deal with the condition their child was born with. Many step away because they can't bear to witness the end of their child's life.
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