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A Special First for Sharp Mary Birch 

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When Annie Keeling’s placenta abrupted while giving birth to her son, Leo, his heart didn’t beat for the first 12 minutes of his life. In 2012, Leo became the first baby at Sharp Mary Birch to receive therapeutic hypothermia in the neurologic intensive care nursery to reduce swelling to his brain and any long-term damage.