FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — The baby born just hours after her mother was rescued from a sinking car in a Stuart retention pond is finally heading home after more than a month in the hospital.
Shedly Apollon’s family shared a new video with CBS12 News on Monday, showing baby Ivory being discharged after spending 37 days in the NICU.
Apollon was eight months pregnant when her vehicle veered into a pond off Southeast Cove Road back in early February. A bystander, Logan Hayes, jumped into the water and pulled her out as the car filled with water.
“When he swung that door open, I was just like, ‘Okay, you are an angel. You came out of nowhere,” Apollon said.
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Apollon was transported to the HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce, where she later went into labor and delivered Ivory.
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Since that harrowing experience, baby Ivory made steady progress since her birth and was healthy enough this week to leave the NICU. In the video shared with CBS12 News, nurses line the hallway, cheering as Ivory is carried out for the first time.
On March 16, 2026, hospital staff in Stuart shared that baby Ivory — born after her mother Shedly was rescued from a sinking car — was discharged from the NICU after 37 days, marking a hopeful milestone for the family following last month’s dramatic pond rescue. (Shedly Apollon & Family){ }