Following this discovery, the NICU nurse worked tirelessly to save this poor baby. In one of Melissa’s interviews, she shared the story of the first time when her parents saw her. “The first time that they laid eye on me, lying in the incubator, they fell in love with me. And, you know, I always joke, ‘I know I wasn’t a pretty baby. I know that about myself’ ha ha”, she stated. In their heart, they knew she was special.