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Breath Of Life: WMC Helps Premature Patient Live Full-Sized Life Breath Of Life: WMC Helps Premature Patient Live Full-Sized Life
Breath Of Life: WMC Helps Premature Patient Live Full-Sized Life Born just under two pounds after 23 weeks of gestation, Joshua Latouche knows how to put up a fight. Despite his strength though, immediately after birth he was intubated and placed on oxygen to support his underdeveloped body. “He just needed a little help breathing,” said Rhonda Richardson, Joshua's mother. “His lungs were always strong, but every time they tried to wean him off the breathing tube, he didn’t tolerate it very well. I literally lived in the NICU [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit] at the hospital near my home and felt so tired, so down. But whenever I called his name, there was a…

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