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Heartwarming photo of devoted dad goes viral

Posted at 8:30 AM, Jul 09, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-09 08:30:55-04

A picture says a thousands words.Especially in the case of Andre Palmer, a dad in York, Pennsylvania, who has inadvertently warmed the hearts of thousands.

Amy Palmer, 33, Andre’s wife, posted a picture of him sleeping under their son’s hospital bed Tuesday.

Their son — just 20 months old — has bad asthma.

“He had an asthma attack over the weekend,” Amy Palmer told CNN. “It wouldn’t break, so I took him to the hospital.”

The child was admitted to York Hospital’s Pediatric wing on Monday evening.

Andre Palmer, 31, works the third shift at a manufacturing company. He worked all night Monday, preventing him from being there when his son went into the hospital.

But Amy Palmer was pleasantly surprised the next morning.

“When I woke up Tuesday morning, he was there,” she said. “He was sleeping under the crib.”

The image has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook, leaving Amy Palmer pretty shocked. But she says the gesture is typical of her husband.

“I thought, oh my gosh, that’s so wonderful,” she said, “He’s all about our kids and our family.”