Premature babies
Premature babies have higher childhood death rates and are less likely to have children of their own. That makes national reports of more babies born early during the past two years a discouraging trend. Overflowing neonatal intensive care units at Sacred Heart and Deaconess medical centers provide the anecdotal evidence for this increase: More than 110 babies requiring critical care were being treated at the two hospitals during one day earlier this month. Spokesman-Review photographers Rajah Bose and Jesse Tinsley spent time with two of them.
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A pre-term baby is hooked up to multiple devices to keep him healthy at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Wash. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review
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A newborn baby grips the finger of a nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Wash. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review
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A pre-term baby is cared for by a nurse at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Wash. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review
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Nurses tend to a pre-term baby at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Wash. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review
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Maureen Shogan checks in on a pre-term baby at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Wash. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. RAJAH BOSE The Spokesman-Review
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Stacy Sessions of Pomeroy, Wash. holds his son Caleb in the neonatal intensive care unit Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at Sacred Heart Hospital. The baby was born prematurely and being monitored because Caleb's mother, Teresa Anderson, used medication for a lower back problem during Caleb's pregnancy. JESSE TINSLEY THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
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Caleb, the son of Stacy Sessions and Teresa Anderson, lies in his father's arms in the Sacred Heart Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Tuesday, April 1, 2008. He was born premature, but is almost ready to go home. JESSE TINSLEY THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Occupational therapist Margaret Miller, left, hands Stacy Sessions of Pomeroy, Wash. his son Caleb in the neonatal intensive care unit Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at Sacred Heart Hospital. The baby was born prematurely and being monitored because Caleb's mother, Teresa Anderson, used medication for a lower back problem during Caleb's pregnancy. JESSE TINSLEY THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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The hands of Stacy Sessions of Pomeroy, Wash. and occupational therapist Margaret Miller hold Sessions' son Caleb in the neonatal intensive care unit Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at Sacred Heart Hospital. The baby was born prematurely and being monitored because Caleb's mother, Teresa Anderson, used medication for a lower back problem during Caleb's pregnancy. JESSE TINSLEY THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Stacy Sessions of Pomeroy, Wash. holds his son Caleb in the neonatal intensive care unit Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at Sacred Heart Hospital. The baby was born prematurely and being monitored because Caleb's mother, Teresa Anderson, used medication for a lower back problem during Caleb's pregnancy. JESSE TINSLEY THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review