212: Steve's wife forgot it all

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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If you’re a parent, you know that the birth of your first child is an incredible experience. For Steve and Camre, it didn’t happen at all the way they expected it to. Steve got the call at work that Camre was at the hospital and had already delivered the baby. He dropped everything and drove there frantically, and he was confused because the baby wasn’t due for another 7 weeks. He ran into the hospital, and the first thing he saw was his newborn son, Gavin. He quickly scrubbed up and held him for the first time. What Steve didn’t know was that, at that moment, Camre was being put into a medically induced coma in order to save her life. He also didn’t know that when she would come out of that coma, she would have no memory of anything. She would not recognize Steve, and she wouldn’t even know she had just had their baby. This is a Flashback episode. Steve originally told this story on the podcast about 5 years ago, so at the end of today’s episode we’ll get to hear from modern-day Steve, and he’ll tell us what’s happened since then. Steve’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Know-Love-Steve-Camre-Curto/dp/1693701502/ref=sr_1_1 Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/212 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL for 20% off your purchase. Go to bluenile.com to shop Blue Nile, the original online jeweler since 1999! Follow “MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories” on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/WHATWAS and get on your way to being your best self. To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're a parent, you know that the birth of your first child is an incredible experience.
0:07.0	For Steve and Camry, it didn't happen at all the way they expected it to.
0:14.0	Steve got the call at work that Camry was at the hospital and had already delivered the baby.
0:23.9	He dropped everything and drove there frantically,
0:28.3	and he was confused because the baby wasn't due for another seven weeks.
0:34.5	He ran into the hospital and the first thing he saw was his newborn son, Gavin.
0:39.2	He quickly scrubbed up and held him for the first time.
0:47.5	What Steve didn't know was that at that moment, Camry was being put into a medically induced coma in order to save her life. He also didn't know that when she would come out of that coma, she would have no
0:57.3	memory of anything. She would not recognize Steve and she wouldn't even know that she
1:04.6	had just had their baby. This is a flashback episode.
1:11.6	Steve originally told this story on the podcast about five years ago,
1:15.7	so at the end of today's episode, we'll get to hear from modern day, Steve,
1:20.4	and he'll tell us what's happened since then.
1:31.7	Real people in unreal situations.
1:37.9	The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
1:40.3	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
1:44.0	And then I had to tell him, it was me. There was just blood everywhere.
1:47.0	They're shouting, they're screaming, they're being hit by bullets, they're hitting the ground.
1:51.0	And in that moment, I literally thought this is how I die.
1:54.0	Everything changed then.
1:57.0	And I just thought to myself, this isn't happening.
2:00.0	Every single story deserves to be heard.
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