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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Babies Born on New Year’s Day

See which area babies were born on New Year’s Day in 2013. Both babies were born shortly after midnight.

A New Year’s Day baby boy - Samson Chambers was born to Chicago residents Donald and Sheryl Chambers at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, 2650 Ridge Ave., on Jan. 1, 2013, at 12:41 a.m. The boy came in at 8-pounds, 3-ounces and 20-inches. “I wanted [Samson] to be born on Christmas day and my husband wanted him to be born on New Year’s Day,” Sheryl Chambers said. “My husband got his wish.” This is the fifth child for the Chambers family. The mother said she now has three girls and two boys. “Honestly, for me, I think it’s a normal thing. It was a regular day for me,” Chambers said. “We gave him the name Samson [which is] from the bible. The name means ‘being strong.’” Chambers added that she had family at the hospital …

Monday, October 29, 2012

Saving Newborns In Neonatal Intensive Care

Here's how we save babies as tiny as 25 ounces at Advocate Lutheran General's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. By Pamela Jones-Gibson, MSN, RN, ME-BC, Clinical Manager, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital

  Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital NICU: 40 Years of Phenomenal Care Right in Your Backyard     As clinical manager of Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospitals NICU, right here in Park Ridge, part of my job is raising awareness about who we are and the great work we do here.   For starters, we are the third largest neonatal intensive care unit (or NICU) in Illinois.  We are a Level 3 perinatal trauma center, meaning we are able to provide the highest level of care to the most at-risk premature and critically ill newborns.  Because of that status, we regularly transport babies from community hospitals in the Chicagoland area and beyond to our NICU, to ensure they receive the life-saving care they need.  Front and center …

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