'I'm just so grateful': Abandoned at hospital chapel as a baby, woman’s life now comes full circle

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE SPONSORED BY YOU. CHICAGO MEDICINE, BRINGS EXPERT PRIMARY AND URGENT CARE CLOSE TO HOME WITH LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT CHICAGOLAND ONLINE PROGRAM THAT YOU, CHICAGO, MEDICINE, DOT ORG. ON TONIGHT'S COVER FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. MEDICAL REPORTER DINA BAIR TELLS A STORY THAT LASTED 3 DECADES. DINA BAIR: WE CALL THIS LOST AND FOUND, A YOUNG MOTHER LOST AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO A LITTLE BABY. BUT HE FOUND A WAY TO GIVE THAT CHILD A BRIGHT FUTURE. AND THE BABY FOUND HIS PURPOSE IN LIFE. BACK TO THE SAME PLACE WHERE THEY LEFT HER IN 1992. I COME HERE BEFORE I GO TO WORK.

GAYNOR HALL: THIS IS HOW NESTOR STARTED, HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, EVERY SHIFT AT ASCENSION SAINT MARY IN CHICAGO. I PRAY FOR EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE, CHILDREN, MY FAMILY. HE WORKED AT WESTSIDE HOSPITAL AS A SECRETARY IN THE ICU. EVERYONE'S FAMILY. SUCH FRIENDLY NURSES ON MARCH 20, 1992. THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE HERE KNEELING IN HIS USUAL PLACE. I WAS NOT ALONE. AND I SAW IT. WOW. IS THE BABY A BABY? KNOW. WRAPPED IN A BLANKET FOR JUST A FEW HOURS, MAYBE A DAY. THAT'S WHERE I FOUND HER. THE BABY LEFT IN THE HOSPITAL CHAPEL MADE THE NEWS. WE FOUND THE STORY ON THE WGN IN THE WE SHOWED THE VIDEO CLIP TO IVORY AND DONALD RIESTERER AND LOOK AT THAT.

BO. HE'S LIKE, SEE, SO THAT HE FELL IN LOVE AND THE BABY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIS FORMER TEACHER AND HER HUSBAND, A RETIRED POLICEMAN DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WANTED TO ADD TO HIS FAMILY WITH 2 GROWING CHILDREN. AND I WAS CONSIDERING. ABOUT ADOPTION AND NOW SHE WANTS TO HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO IS SO BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S WHAT WE SELL. THAT FIRST DAY. WE THIS. BEAUTIFUL BABY. SHE JUST GRAB MY FINGER AND ONE OF THE GOAL. LIKE AN WRATH HE CAME AND PUT HIS ARMS AROUND THE BOARD AND SAID. WE ARE A PACKAGE OFFER. THEY CALLED THEIR NEWLY ADOPTED DAUGHTER LOGAN NICK HOME AND MORE BROADLY THEIR HOME ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. 31 YEARS AGO THAT BLANKET WAS ME.

AND SHE STILL THINK IT WAS FAIR. HOW AMAZING IT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HIS FAMILY WAS THE BUYER. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING FAMILY. INCREDIBLE WE DID EVERYTHING RESPONSE TO THE FAMILY, WE EMBRACED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE EMBRACED THEY JUST HAD A HAPPY CHILDHOOD. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTED TO MAKE SURE. LIKE I SAID, I KNEW WHERE IT CAME FROM. He knew my story. BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE LOGAN'S STORY ENDS. WE SAID YOU NEED A GOOD EDUCATION. AND SINCE SHE WAS IN SCHOOL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

DO YOU WANT TO OR YES. BY POSITION I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. ACTUALLY MY FIRST NURSING JOB. MY MARIA TAISHAN REALLY ARRIVED AT THE CHAPEL. I walked in and felt like I always had. BUT HERE I SEEN IT BEFORE HOW THIS WAVE OF FAMILIARITY SENT ME. HE FELT LIKE HOME. IN FACT, IT WAS HIS FIRST HOUSE. HE STARTED 2 YEARS AGO WORKING AT WESTSIDE HOSPITAL JUST 4 FLOORS ABOVE NESTOR. I FEEL GOOD. I MEAN. THAT I FOUND HER THAT THEY SAW ME, YOU KNOW? AND SO WHEN I MET NASSAR, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.

THIS IS WHERE I START. MY NURSING CAREER. SOMETHING I HAVE WANTED TO DO FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. SOMETHING I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL FOR. AND EVERYTHING IS LIKE COMPLETING THE CIRCLE. AND NOW I'M HERE, YOU KNOW? THIS TYPE OF PHONE HOW AMAZING IS IT? SOMEONE WHO COMES HERE EVERY DAY. THE NICEST MAN IN THE WORLD. HE'S THE ONE YOU FOUND HERE. SO THIS IS THE AND THEN THIS IS THE CLOTHES. I THINK I LOVED IT WOW. GAYNOR HALL: COVERS THE LITTLE DRESS SHE WAS WEARING WHEN SHE FOUND IT ALL CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS.

I WAS HEALTHY. IT WAS HOT. I WAS STRESSED I WAS IN LOVE. THEY COULD HAVE GONE OR I'M GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME OUT, YOU CAME OUT TO BE WHERE YOU ARE PROUD OF YOU AND LOGAN HOPES HER BIRTH PARENTS ARE PROUD OF HER TOO. THERE'S ALWAYS A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY NOW? THEY ARE FINE? NO, ARE THEY STILL AROUND HERE? BUT EVEN WITH US, I THINK I MET THEM TODAY, HIGH THIS IS A HIGH PARTICIPATION. I HOPE IT IS WHAT YOU DREAM OF. NOTHING. I'M VERY GRATEFUL. GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF US.

DINA BAIR: WHEN DINA BAIR: LOGAN STARTED WORKING AT THE HOSPITAL, IT WAS HER FELLOW NURSES WHO CONNECTED THE DOTS AND HELPED HER REUNION WITH NESTOR WHO IS NOW RETIRED. A BEAUTIFUL CONNECTION. INDY BACK TO YOU.