Patient Stories

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Thanks to the NICU team at Northwest Health – Porter, Gabriel is celebrating his first birthday.

Jackie Martinez was having a normal pregnancy until her water broke at 26 weeks. “I went to the Northwest Health – Porter ER, where I was admitted and placed on complete bed rest in hopes of delaying delivery,” said Jackie. A little more than two weeks later, Jackie’s son, Gabriel, was born prematurely at 28 weeks and 3 days.

Read Jackie’s full patient story.

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Thanks to the NICU team at Northwest Health, Riley and Hailey – born 18 weeks early – are thriving today.

Megan’s daughters were born at 22 weeks. Riley Marie was born at 10:40 a.m. and weighed 1 pound and 5 ounces. Hailey Rose came 40 minutes later and weighed 1 pound and 9 ounces. Both were immediately rushed to the Northwest Health - Porter Level 3 NICU.

Read Megan’s full patient story.