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Thanks to a Facebook appeal, a woman who suffered severe burns as a baby is today set to meet the nurse who cared for her almost 38 years ago. Amanda Scarpinati, from upstate New York, says she has always treasured the black-and-white pictures of herself as an infant being comforted by a young nurse. The black and white photos were published in an annual report by Albany Medical Center in 1977. 38 year old Ms Scarpinati a human resources manager has searched for the nurse whose name wasn’t published on the pictures for 20 years. She wanted to thank her for all the care she gave her.
She said, ‘It’s the nurses who are there comforting you, and here I am, this tiny infant, she’s just staring at me and smiling and I wasn’t crying in any of those pictures, so that says a lot.’ Scarpinati posted the pictures to Facebook earlier this month. But she doubted her plea would help put a name to the nurse’s face.
The had gone viral within 12 hours. And Angela Leary, a former nurse at Albany Medical Center, sent Scarpinati a message saying the nurse in the photo is Susan Berger, who had moved to the Syracuse area years ago. A local television reporter tracked down Ms Berger. Ms Berger now oversees the health center at Cazenovia College in New York’s Finger Lakes region. The pair have now talked on the phone and plan to meet in person today for the first time since the picture was taken.
Ms Scarpinati said, ”It was amazing. She just has such a gentle caring voice, just like I imagined she’d have. Growing up as a child, disfigured by the burns, I was bullied and picked on, tormented. I’d look at those pictures and talk to her, even though I didn’t know who she was. I took comfort looking at this woman who seemed so sincere caring for me.’
She said, ‘It’s the nurses who are there comforting you, and here I am, this tiny infant, she’s just staring at me and smiling and I wasn’t crying in any of those pictures, so that says a lot.’ Scarpinati posted the pictures to Facebook earlier this month. But she doubted her plea would help put a name to the nurse’s face.
The had gone viral within 12 hours. And Angela Leary, a former nurse at Albany Medical Center, sent Scarpinati a message saying the nurse in the photo is Susan Berger, who had moved to the Syracuse area years ago. A local television reporter tracked down Ms Berger. Ms Berger now oversees the health center at Cazenovia College in New York’s Finger Lakes region. The pair have now talked on the phone and plan to meet in person today for the first time since the picture was taken.
Ms Scarpinati said, ”It was amazing. She just has such a gentle caring voice, just like I imagined she’d have. Growing up as a child, disfigured by the burns, I was bullied and picked on, tormented. I’d look at those pictures and talk to her, even though I didn’t know who she was. I took comfort looking at this woman who seemed so sincere caring for me.’
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