b'It was a Sunday afternoon in late July 2022, and I wasAs soon as Nicole was able to be discharged, she was the attending physician and on-call neonatologist inreunited with Lola Sophia and never left her bedside. the De George Level II Neonatal Intensive Care UnitHer baby girl was receiving the highest level of care (NICU) at Jupiter Medical Center, which was createdby a team of world-class physicians, and there were in partnership with Nicklaus Childrens Hospital. many days that we still werent sure if she was going to make it.Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the hospital floor, expectant mom Nicole Robbins was with her husbandFinally, on the 40th day of Lola Sophias life, we felt Micah in the labor and delivery room. They werethat her body had healed enough to remove her eagerly awaiting the birth of their daughter when afrom the ventilator and allow her to try to breathe distress-free labor turned life-threatening for the baby. on her own. That day was truly miraculous! To see Nicole hold her baby and hear her cry for the first As Lola Sophia entered the world, she inhaled antimeit is something we can never take for granted.excessive amount of amniotic fluid, and a Code BlueI know Nicole and Micah are extremely grateful to Newborn call was issued. When I entered the room,the multidisciplinary team of specialists working day I discovered a newborn in severe distress that wasand night to save their babys life, and to enable her being resuscitated by the team. She was transferred toto go home and grow up with her big brother River.the NICU where she was put on artificial ventilation. Within a short while, Lola Sophia, along with dadNicole sends me photos and text messages, and it Micah, was transported by our LifeFlight team tojust brightens my day to see Lola Sophia growing Nicklaus Childrens Hospital in Miami. and thriving and exceeding all her milestones. It has been such a privilege and an honor to be part of her I will never forget the conversation I had with Nicoleincredible journey. Lola Sophia is the why in what about how sick her newborn daughter was, and thatwe do every day at Nicklaus Childrens.we had to get her to the critical care team at the main campus as quickly as possibleit was heartbreaking. This was one of the worst cases of pulmonary hypertension I had ever witnessed as a neonatologist.'