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Newborn Medicine Patient Stories

Read the remarkable stories of some of our critically ill newborn patients and their treatment from the UPMC Newborn Medicine Program at UPMC Children's.

Extreme Prematurity and Necrotizing Enterocolitis - Newborn Medicine

Leiana Rodgers

Born 14 weeks early, Leiana developed many complications, the most serious being necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Read about her experience at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Read Leiana's story