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00:00 Mhm. Well, Adventist Health Bakersfield is receiving a Nick view monitoring

00:06 system that will allow parents, family and friends to view newborns live 24

00:11 hours a day. The addition was made possible by a local family who donated

00:16 funds to create this new system in memory of their infant daughter that

00:19 died in the Nick you six months ago. In today's current kindness, 23 abc's

00:24 Brianna Polk sat down with the family and brings us more details about how

00:27 they're making a way for other families to be able to see their bundles of joy

00:31 any day, any time with limitations on how many people can visit their babies

00:36 in the Nick you Megan and Richard Spangle. The parents of Hattie Dell

00:40 started a fund called Hattie Dell's tiny fighters in memory of their

00:44 daughter, Hattie. The family tells me this would have meant so much to them

00:48 and that is why they want to give other families the opportunity of this

00:51 connection with their babies. If you have a story that ends like ours, um,

00:57 there are people there willing to talk. We are always willing to help or talk

01:02 to anybody who's been in our shoes. Um,

01:05 and just you don't have to be alone. It's a message that Megan Spangles

01:10 since to any parents that have gone through or going through the Nick you

01:14 journey with their child. Spangle tells me last year her and her husband were

01:19 in the Nick you for 22 days with her daughter as she was fighting for her

01:23 life. She was born at 24 weeks, so she was £1 three ounces. She was just

01:28 very, very tiny. Had to have help breathing. Um, and it was just really,

01:32 really hard on her little body. And when she lost her fight, we knew

01:37 immediately that we wanted to do something to help that sparked the idea

01:40 to create the Nick view system, which they hope will bring comfort to others.

01:45 Camera system that goes on each individual bed and family members,

01:49 loved ones can log in and see their baby in lifetime. Anytime, night or day,

01:53 they'll have an opportunity to grow and bond with that baby while they can't

01:59 be there in person. Hattie's father agrees. It's very important, especially

02:04 the family out of state and stuff like that. So

02:07 with that,

02:09 you know, deployment for military and

02:14 and just be able to go home and rest

02:16 and not have to worry all night. So that's very important. Also, Rebecca

02:23 Mouson is the Nick you manager and educator at Adventist Health Bakersfield

02:27 and says when parents have a baby, a Nick you stay is never really what they

02:32 plan on having. However, with the incorporation of this new system,

02:35 parents will be able to monitor the progress their baby is making milestones

02:40 when their baby doesn't need a breathing tube anymore. When their

02:43 baby starts breastfeeding or bottle feeding for the first time. So a lot of

02:48 hard days, but a lot of great days to the Spangle family contributed the lead

02:52 gift of $1000 to launch this new project and bring this supportive system into

02:57 current. But community support is also welcomed. We knew that we wanted

03:02 everything that we had left to go to the Nick you. So we coordinated with

03:06 them and kind of thought together on what the best thing we could kind of

03:09 sponsor would be in Hattie's memory and leaving a legacy for her. We came up

03:14 with the Nick view system. And if you like to make a donation to Hattie

03:17 Dale's tiny fighters, more details on how you can help can be found on our

03:21 website. Turn to 23 dot com in Bakersfield. I'm Brianna Polk 23 bc

03:27 News connecting you.

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