Crane, smoke generators, slogans and banners. The scene outside a private clinic in Drama is reminiscent of a movie, but it is absolutely true. Family and friends of 25-year-old Maria Baniou, who gave birth to her baby a few hours ago and could not be found in the clinic room, due to the measures in force to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, were found in her … window . In fact, the pilot of the crane that made the original visit to the air, was the grandfather of the newborn baby.
The young mother was receiving the care of the nursing staff and was getting ready to hug the little one, when the surprise came … from heaven! As she says, speaking to the Athenian / Macedonian News Agency, everything was very well organized and with the “accomplice” of her husband, who was with her in the room acting as a “mediator” with the other members of the family, there was not the slightest leak of the plan. , not even a suspicion of what would follow.
“They came at that time deliberately to measure my blood pressure and oxygen so that I could be busy. My husband had also closed the curtains – as everything was premeditated, and while I was talking to the midwife, I was listening to music, songs, horns and voices from outside. They open the curtain, they take me to my bed by the window, they bring me the little hug and I see my loved ones on a crane basket “, describes with emotion Mrs. Baniou.
The joy and surprise of the young mother was indescribable and she could not hold back the tears of emotion that she received in this special way wishes for the arrival of her eldest daughter.
The crane operator was the father of the young midwife. Sakis Baniou, 55, a rescuer at EKAB, has a license to operate such machines as he has been in the profession since 1996. He grabbed the remote control again for his granddaughter’s eyes and climbed into the basket with his family for a ten-meter lift. “My son had twin girls and now another fairy has come,” he says, wearing the T-shirt his grandchildren gave him with the logo: “the most beautiful grandfather.”
Given that due to the restrictive measures they did not even go to the maternity hospital for a visit, they said to take drastic measures this time! “When my first granddaughters were born last year in Kavala, it was the time when things were stricter, we did not enjoy it, we could not live as we wanted the arrival of our girls, so we had the passion to do something more in them the births “, he notes.
The “brain” of the idea was the childhood friend of the grandfather Thalia Papaioannou. She was the one who thought of everything and organized the surprise with the help of two friends and as she said, speaking on the radio station of the Athenian / Macedonian News Agency “Agency 104.9 FM”, it was an idea of ​​the moment, but the result was for everyone something more than touching and at the same time impressive.
“At least we had to go outside. So I thought I wanted a crane and I found it. In addition, we took everything that suits the occasion: Balloons, handguns, smoke and banners and we even opened champagnes “, he says characteristically.
She “won” with her original visit and height phobia as together with her grandfather, grandmother, aunt, a friend and a niece, they entered the basket and gained height, reaching the floor of the clinic where the new mothers are. “I was scared at first. We held on tight, we had taken all the measures and of course in the face of the excitement we felt, we overcame the stress and gave joy, not only to our little angel, but to other mothers who suddenly saw us through their windows. “As for the people who were at the spot at the time, they had fun with their souls”, says Mrs. Papaioannou.
As the … flying relatives – visitors say, in the next baby they will find something else, even more impressive and ideas for parachutes and climbing have already started to fall on the table.
As for the other grandparents, due to distance they did not manage to participate in the surprise, but they enjoyed videos and pictures and will surely be in the next births.
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