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>> --ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE --
♪♪
>> I ALWAYS TELL HER SHE'S-- WHAT DO I CALL YOU?
YOU'RE MY WHAT KIND OF BABY?
>> A MIRACLE BABY.
>> A MIRACLE BABY.
>> DR. ADZICK SAYS IT'S THE HAPPIEST DAY OF THE YEAR FOR HIM.
>> IT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD TO SEE WHY THIS IS MY EASILY FAVORITE
DAY OF THE YEAR AND THAT'S WITH MY WIFE HERE AND THAT SORT
OF OUTRANKS THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
>> I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS,
AND WORK THAT GOES INTO GETTING THIS KIND OF OUTCOME FOR THESE
MOTHERS AND BABIES.
>> WE LIKE TO COME BACK AND SEE PEOPLE THAT WE MET
IN THE NEONATAL UNIT, DOCTORS AND NURSES THAT WE HAD
AND THAT TOOK CARE OF OUR SON WHILE WE WERE HERE.
>> ADDISON, I WAS YOUR NURSE A LONG TIME AGO.
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR ROOM NUMBER?
>> IT'S NICE TO COME HERE AND SPEND A DAY THAT'S NOT ALL ABOUT
THE HOSPITAL AND GETTING TESTS AND SEEING DOCTORS.
IT, KIND OF, GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN
AT A PLACE THAT'S USUALLY A LITTLE BIT SCARY
AND A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING.
>> I LIKE TO GET MY FACE PAINTED.
AND I LIKE TO PLAY ALL THE DIFFERENT KIND OF GAMES.
>> PLAY ON THE JUMPY THING.
AND--AND WE'VE BEEN EATING DONUTS.
YUMMY.
>> I GO ON THE TRAIN.
>> AND WHEN I STARTED TO GO ON THE TRAIN,
THEN I SAID, "BYE-BYE."
>> IT'S GREAT FOR ALL THE KIDS TO SEE OTHER KIDS WHO HAVE GONE
THROUGH THE SAME TRIALS THAT THEY HAVE,
AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE FAMILIES TO GET THE ENCOURAGEMENT
FROM OTHER FAMILIES.
>> WE JUST MET THREE FAMILIES TODAY THAT HAD A TWIN-TO-TWIN
TRANSFUSION, SAME SERVICE THAT WE HAD DOWN HERE.
AND WE HAD NEVER, NEVER SPOKEN TO THEM BEFORE.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH YOU HAVE IN COMMON WITH PEOPLE YOU'VE
NEVER MET BEFORE.
♪♪
>> IT REALLY IS A TIME WHERE THE FAMILIES WANT TO COME BACK
AND SHOW US HOW THEIR CHILDREN ARE DOING.
BUT I THINK IT'S A TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE
CHILDREN AND HOW WELL THEY'VE DONE.
AND WHEN WE HAVE A BABY WHO DOESN'T SURVIVE OR THERE
WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO BRING THEM THROUGH THAT,
REMEMBER HOW FAR WE'VE COME.
>> I LOVE THE BIG GROUP PICTURE.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHEN YOU REALLY GET A FEELING FOR HOW
MANY PEOPLE CHOP HAS HELPED AND HOW MANY LIVES THAT IT'S TOUCHED
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ALL SMUSHED TOGETHER LIKE THAT,
IT'S JUST ONE MORE THING THAT WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON.
>> I SAW THE ONE FROM 14 YEARS AGO AND JUST TO SEE HOW
TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THE RESOURCES THAT GO INTO SAVING THE LITTLE
ONES' LIVES HAS GROWN IS JUST A TESTIMONIAL TO LIFE.
>> WE'RE GROWING EVERY YEAR.
I THINK THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 700 FAMILIES--
OVER 700 INDIVIDUALS REGISTER, OVER 200 FAMILIES.
I'M JUST IN AWE WHEN I SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY MOUTH IS STUCK IN A PERMANENT
SMILE POSITION BECAUSE I CAN'T-- I'VE BEEN SMILING ALL DAY LONG.
YOU LITERALLY FORGET TO EAT.
YOU JUST TALK TO EVERYBODY.
AND YOU'RE JUST SMILING.
YOU'RE JUST SMILING.
>> I TOOK A PICTURE WITH DR. ADZICK.
HE WAS MY--HE WAS THE GUY WHO OPENED ME UP.
>> DID HE FIX YOU?
>> UH-HUH.
>> SO YOU CAN WHAT?
>> EAT.