St. Louis mom donates 1,000 ounces of breast milk to Harvey victims
A St. Louis area mom sends 1,040 ounces of breast milk to Hurricane Harvey victims.
When Danielle Palmer's son Truett was born with a congenital heart defect, the St. Louis area mom said she prayed that beauty would come from the terrible situation.
Six months later, she's finally seeing a ray of sunshine from the storm.
Palmer, 31, just donated a surplus of her saved breast milk — 1,040 ounces, or about 346 feedings worth — to families affected by Hurricane Harvey.
"The first month of [Truett's] life, he was unable to eat," the mom of three explained to TODAY. "All the milk I was pumping was going into the freezer." She continued to pump and save the milk during all of her son's surgeries — about eight, to date.
Palmer had donated some of her supply to another mom in the area, so it wasn't a secret she had extra milk. Her son's speech therapist Nicole Edwin is part of an organization called Guiding Star Mid-Missouri, a women's support group, which was seeking donations after the hurricane. Edwin reached out to Palmer knowing she had an oversupply.
"I was excited," Palmer said. "I had this large stash and knew I could share that with someone."
