Families
MORE THAN MIRACLES , n of Family
n Extensio AALICIA LEONARD-LEWIS, TERRY LEWIS, AND KAIDYN LEWIS
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BY TAMI BENEDICT
licia Leonard-Lewis and her husband, Terry, dreamed of having a child. After the heartbreak of five miscarriages, Alicia finally became pregnant. She prayed that everything would be fine. But it wasn’t. As Alicia prepared for a family vacation to Tennessee, her pregnancy took a turn for the worse. On August 7, 2010, at six months pregnant, Alicia felt her water break; she immediately went to Hurley Medical Center, where doctors decided to perform an emergency C-Section on August 10. Kaidyn Terrell Lewis was born three months early, was admitted to the NICU, and placed on a ventilator for 12 hours. Weighing a mere 1 lb, 5 oz., Alicia’s baby boy stayed in the NICU for 66 days before being released. During a time of fear and uncertainty, there was a relief knowing the
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