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The “quad squad” team assists a Miller baby just after birth.
Piedmont offers inside look at Level 3 NICU
By MAGGIE BOWERS maggie@newnan.com
As a result of a preterm birth, an infant delivered before 37 weeks of pregnancy, often requires specialized care. Babies delivered extremely early, such as those born at 28 weeks in the womb or sooner can be cared for only at certified Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Piedmont Newnan Hospital received certification from the state to begin operating as a Level 3 NICU in the early part of 2015, and was then able to offer services to extreme preterm infants and delivering mothers, as well as those with other serious medical issues or illnesses. “Piedmont Newnan can now confidently care for the sickest of the sick — the smallest infants — requiring the highest level of care,” explained Jennifer Key, Director of Women’s Services at the local hospital. “The earliest in pregnancy an infant has been delivered at Piedmont Newnan is 23 weeks.” Not long after receiving certification, the local facility expanded the Women’s Services Department to include the private NICU and additional Labor, Delivery and Recovery rooms. “The Level 3 NICU has three triage rooms for patients preparing for cesarean sections or checking to see if labor has begun,” said NICU Clinical Manager Ashley Maxwell. “The
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Shorter University senior Caleb Britt with photographer Dave Darling (center) and reporter Nicole Carr during his internship with WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News.
Newnan’s Caleb Britt completes internship with WSB-TV intern orientation, working at the assignment desk, where he answered phone calls from people in the community, and preparing scripts for noon newscast anchors, Fred Blankenship and Carol Sbarge. In his first week, he also began to
Shorter University senior communication arts major Caleb Britt is in his last year of undergraduate studies after having the opportunity of a lifetime. Britt, of Newnan, Ga., spent his summer as a paid intern at WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News, which is Atlanta’s ABC affiliate. He hit the ground running after the
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PHOTO COURTESY PIEDMONT NEWNAN HOSPITAL Neonatologist Dr. Aderibigbe leads the NICU team in a huddle
before beginning a shift in the Piedmont Newnan Hospital Level 3 NICU. Team members discuss updates and care of each infant and family on the floor.
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Fine art quilts on exhibit at Centre By MAGGIE BOWERS maggie@newnan.com A new year of unique and inspiring exhibits and performances has begun at the Donald W. Nixon Centre for Performing and Visual Arts in Newnan beginning with a display of fine art in an unexpected form - quilts.
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Close up of “Checks and Balances,” quilt created by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry.
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According to the Nixon Centre’s Director, Cathe Nixon, the idea for the one-of-a-kind show came from a Centre Patron who had seen Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry’s uncommon work at an exhibit in Michigan and, after viewing the colorful quilts for
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By MAGGIE BOWERS maggie@newnan.com Four-year-old Micah is a happy and active child, and, like most little ones his age, has recently begun attending preschool — a feat his mom was not certain he would be able to accomplish this year. Micah suffers from severe epilepsy and experiences multiple seizures throughout each day. The attacks come often and without warning and can lead to a number of complications.