NHS paramedic donned bear costume and reunited with her twin girls
This is the moment a heroic NHS paramedic donned a bear costume and reunited with her twin girls - after spending the past THREE MONTHS apart. Single mum Sally Boocock separated from her daughters on March 9 so that she could continue working as a front-line EMT throughout the Covid-19 crisis. After working around the clock ever since, yesterday (June 4) 38-year-old Sally was finally able to see Daisy and Ruby again for the first time - in a dramatic reunion.Sally's sister Claire, who has been looking after the nine-year-old girls for the past six weeks, told Daisy and Ruby they were going for a 'bear hunt' in the woods. Claire sported a hilarious brown bear costume and went to the same woods before posing with the elated and unwitting children for a picture.Just seconds after the snap Sally took off the head part of the costume and revealed herself to her little ones before engaging in an emotional embrace with them. She said: "Yesterday was just amazing, I wanted to make the reunion special and surprise them best I could. "We still haven't stopped cuddling."Sally added: "Being away from the girls for the last three months was definitely one of the hardest things I ever done. "Not doing the usual mum things like bedtime, cuddles and just the general day to day things has been so difficult."Daisy and Ruby were diagnosed with DiGeorge syndrome as children - a condition that can cause lifelong problems, including heart defects and learning difficulties.To make sure her girls were not at risk, Sally, who's from Skipton, North Yorks., made the decision to leave them in isolation with her sisters Claire and Emma.Sally has continued to work as an EMT at Bradford Ambulance Station - spending six nights a week saving lives, while protecting her daughters by isolating from them.The family have only been able to communicate via FaceTime or when Sally drives past to blow kisses through her car window on the way to work.Claire set up Thursday's emotional reunion. Sally was dressed as the mascot for Leeds Children's Heart Unit where Ruby has been treated for her condition.Claire has described her sister as an "absolute hero".She said: "It (the reunion) was just so emotional and heartwarming."Sally has spent 13-15 hours a night at work with the ambulance team saving lives."She hasn't been able to give her girls a hug since March 9."Sally has paid tribute to the public for their "sacrifices" throughout the crisis and thanked her sisters for taking care of Ruby and Daisy. She said :"We are all hero's in our own right, we have all stood together and done our bit."
This is the moment a heroic NHS paramedic donned a bear costume and reunited with her twin girls - after spending the past THREE MONTHS apart.
Single mum Sally Boocock separated from her daughters on March 9 so that she could continue working as a front-line EMT throughout the Covid-19 crisis.
After working around the clock ever since, yesterday (June 4) 38-year-old Sally was finally able to see Daisy and Ruby again for the first time - in a dramatic reunion.Sally's sister Claire, who has been looking after the nine-year-old girls for the past six weeks, told Daisy and Ruby they were going for a 'bear hunt' in the woods.
Claire sported a hilarious brown bear costume and went to the same woods before posing with the elated and unwitting children for a picture.Just seconds after the snap Sally took off the head part of the costume and revealed herself to her little ones before engaging in an emotional embrace with them.
She said: "Yesterday was just amazing, I wanted to make the reunion special and surprise them best I could.
"We still haven't stopped cuddling."Sally added: "Being away from the girls for the last three months was definitely one of the hardest things I ever done.
"Not doing the usual mum things like bedtime, cuddles and just the general day to day things has been so difficult."Daisy and Ruby were diagnosed with DiGeorge syndrome as children - a condition that can cause lifelong problems, including heart defects and learning difficulties.To make sure her girls were not at risk, Sally, who's from Skipton, North Yorks., made the decision to leave them in isolation with her sisters Claire and Emma.Sally has continued to work as an EMT at Bradford Ambulance Station - spending six nights a week saving lives, while protecting her daughters by isolating from them.The family have only been able to communicate via FaceTime or when Sally drives past to blow kisses through her car window on the way to work.Claire set up Thursday's emotional reunion.
Sally was dressed as the mascot for Leeds Children's Heart Unit where Ruby has been treated for her condition.Claire has described her sister as an "absolute hero".She said: "It (the reunion) was just so emotional and heartwarming."Sally has spent 13-15 hours a night at work with the ambulance team saving lives."She hasn't been able to give her girls a hug since March 9."Sally has paid tribute to the public for their "sacrifices" throughout the crisis and thanked her sisters for taking care of Ruby and Daisy.
She said :"We are all hero's in our own right, we have all stood together and done our bit."
