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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Case Study
It was a period of trial and error, never receiving a diagnosis of what the exact cause of this situation. It was by my son’s determination and God’s will that he was able to recover and come home after 16 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Only a person who has walked through the darkness of hell knows the emotional turbulence of grief, anger and shock when seeing their child go through such an

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