Janice and Chuck Hackett's son beat the odds
Born eight weeks early and weighing just 2 pounds 4 ounces, Cameron Hackett spent 75 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC.
"The nurses at Magee and the doctors are why we have a family," Janice Hackett, 43, of Collier said on Sunday at the 10th annual reunion of former patients of the neonatal unit.
It was an emotional day for the Hacketts, who helped sponsor the event. Their son endured blood transfusions, a hole in his heart and two hernia surgeries.
"He lived a lifetime before he came home," his mother said.
This year, Cameron, 3, played soccer.
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When many women who have gone through fertility treatments describe their experience, they say it
abused their soul.
The experience may have also hurt their relationship with their husband and sometimes permanently altered relationships with their extended families.
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