Neil
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Niel is an unbelievably strong and content little man. He loves to be carried and loves to be talked to. He can’t talk but he understands and coos back. Neil has West syndrome, chronic malnutrition, and suffers from dystonia (painful muscle cramps). He will never be able to walk because doctor’s cut a nerve in his lower back to relieve the pain in his lower body. He has sleep apnea, a feeding tube, a catheter, and chronic urinary infections. When in the hospital, he got an infection from the IV and had to have his left hand amputated.
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