Author: Sarah Barber
“It’s a fun way to say goodbye to the building I have been working in.”
March 6 was an exciting day for McLaren Greater Lansing as they moved 112 patients safely from their legacy hospitals to the new replacement hospital at 2900 Collins Road. This wasn’t the only cause for celebration this day however; two babies also happened to be born on March 6 at the hospitals.
The first baby, Terri-Anne Shaver, was born at 4:31 a.m. at the McLaren Greater Lansing at 401 W. Greenlawn Avenue and then later transferred via ambulance to the new hospital. She was the last baby to be born at the legacy McLaren Greater Lansing hospital.
“Everything went really well, and went really fast,” said Kaleigh Shaver.
Kaleigh’s husband Andrew is a supervisor for Supply Chain Management at McLaren Greater Lansing. He was working Saturday getting the hospital ready for the first patients the next day. When he arrived home later that night Kaleigh said, “it is time to go.”
“It’s a bittersweet ending,” said Andrew Shaver. “It’s a fun way to say goodbye to the building I have been working in.”
The Shavers transferred to the new hospital later that day and finished up their stay as patients. Terri-Anne and her mom and dad were excited to head home to meet her big sister and brother.
The second baby, Benjamin, born later that day at 11:30 p.m., was the first baby to be born at the new McLaren Greater Lansing.
Both babies received a $10,000 scholarship from the McLaren Greater Lansing Foundation to be used toward higher education when they turn 18.
To learn more about the new hospital and the services it brings to the community, visit www.mclaren.org/lansing. For more information about delivering at the new McLaren Greater Lansing hospital or other women’s health services, click here.