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Show 1 W" I ii I :: - A i I i 1 1 : If; yll I . 4 Jl ( -hi j ;l 'rjj-'-- C-Z. j ; ft r ' tnrtiWfT'il-'"'T,,'"lBi ni f fit liiiwtimwiiJ IhiwirtK mi mviaf rnwiiiuif Dr. Doyle Barrett hands baby girl to her mother, Olivia Walker, while Val Walker, the father, looks on. Baby was born in downtown Pleasant Grove in an automobile outside Dr. Barrett's office. Baby Couldn't Wait; Born in PG Parking Lot By MARCELLA WALKER Dr. Doyle Barrett says he may put up a sign saying "Deliveries In the Rear" now that he delivered a healthy baby girl in a car just outside his office near Story Pharmacy and Deseret Bank Tuesday, July 6. Olivia Walker, 1107 East, 200 North, Pleasant Grove was being driven to the Utah Valley Hospital by her husband, Val Walker, when she informed in-formed him they were not going to make it to Provo. He asked if they could make it to the American Fork Hospital. Olivia said, "No." Being a man who was not eager to have to deliver the baby himself, Val drove in the lane between the bank and the drug store and ran to Dr. John Bezzant's office, as John was a friend of his. but the doctor was not here so he ran to Dr. Barrett's office, stuck his head in at the door and told them his wife was having a baby in the car. Dr. Barrett and two nurses, Bonnie Aucoin and Robin Allridge, arrived just in time to deliver the 8 lb., 20 inch baby girl. Val then drove the doctor, nurses, baby and new mother to the hospital. Dr. Barrett said he barely had time to close the back doors of the van before the baby was delivered. He estimated he was there 10 seconds before the baby made its appearance. Mr. and Mrs. Walker said they wti e so grateful that the doctor was there and couldn't thank him or his nurses enough for their assistance and tender care. The birth took place at about 3:15 p.m. but no one knows exactly what time the infant girl came into the world. The Walker's have three boys; this is their first girl. They have tentatively selected Mikell as her name. Asked how he felt about the whole thing, Val said he had tried to remember everything he had ever learned about delivering a baby but at that moment a veterinarian or even a Boy Scout would have looked good to him. Dr. Barrett said he has delivered about four babies in cars so this must have been old hat to him. He mentioned men-tioned the benefit of medical self-help classes for all persons so that they know a little more than basic first aid and can be prepared for situations like this. Mother and baby are now doing very well. We are not so sure about dad yet. He concedes he would willingly have let one of the nurses drive to the hospital so that he could lay down himself and recuperate. |