Grieving Idaho Mom Thanks Secret Santa for Help After Losing Baby and Job

The East Idaho News team, along with the notoriously generous “Secret Santa,” surprised another struggling mom with a lot of much-needed help.

The donor, who has chosen to remain anonymous, teamed up with the local outlet to give $1 million to deserving individuals and families this Christmas season and landed on Susannah as the next recipient.

“Susannah is a nurse and mother of four boys and a one-year-old little girl. One of her boys was stillborn at 36 weeks,” Nate Eaton reported Thursday. “Her life then took an unexpected turn when she fell down in her home. It was discovered that she crushed a vertebrae.”

After three surgeries and infections, Susannah “has not been able to care for her new baby,” Eaton said.

Even with her health struggles and heartbreak, Susannah has “always been compassionate and empathetic to every patient and was a light in the lives of those she dedicated herself to,” the local outlet reported, noting that she spent time working to console other mothers who had lost their babies as she did.

“Her resilience is admirable, and her dedication to continuing to serve despite her struggles has inspired patients and nurses around her,” Eaton added.

Sadly, Susannah can not work her nursing job, as doctors said “she’s no longer physically able.”

Thankfully, Eaton was able to bring her some holiday cheer in the form of significant financial help.

Read the full story here.

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