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VOLLEYBALL FOR THE SMALL PREVIEW
From: WTWO
Reported by: Jason Pensky
http://mywabashvalley.com/search-fulltext?nxd_id=145715
PRODUCTIVE SENIORS FOR NORTH, SOUTH GLAD TO HELP COMMUNITY WITH 'VOLLEYBALL FOR THE SMALL'
From: The Tribune Star
By: Andy Amey
September 17, 2010
TERRE HAUTE - High school volleyball in Terre Haute will look a lot different in 2011, considering that five seniors at North and South who have a combined 19 years of starting experience are nearing the end of long and productive careers.
Before that happens, however, the three Patriots - Katlyn Anderson, Mary Kate Etling and Laura Mauer - and seniors Taylor Hayne and Madison Steward of the Braves will meet at least one more time and combine their talents to raise money for a good cause in the process.
The second annual "Volleyball for the Small" game is Thursday at North, its proceeds going again to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Union Hospital. Last year's event and a cancer fund-raiser when the two teams played in 2007 have drawn huge crowds and raised thousands of dollars, and next Thursday's match should do the same - in addition to being possibly the last meeting between five friends on opposite ends of town who have pretty impressive legacies.
SOPHIA'S STORY
From: http://www.Unionhospitalfoundation.org
March, 18, 2010
Sophia Erin Elissabeth Ranard was born April 6, 2007 at 30 weeks. Born only weighing 3lbs and 4 oz, 15.5 inches long, Sophia needed extra special care in order for her to survive. Union Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) allowed Sophia to stay close to home and offered the care that she needed to not only survive but also thrive.
The NICU nurses became part of our growing family, taking extra care of our very tiny special delivery. They supported our family through the ups and downs of life in the NICU. They cared for the physical needs of Sophia and the emotional needs of our family. The caring nurses never got upset with my midnight phone calls to check on my precious baby. In fact, they encouraged me to call as often as I needed. The staff was great about answering questions and teaching us to care for such a little baby. As an added bonus, the NICU staff also helped us to find the right words to explain the situation to our 3 year old daughter.
Before we could bring Sophia home, they trained and certified my husband and me in infant/child CPR, and allowed us to stay overnight with Sophia at the hospital so we could confidently care for her at home. Finally, forty-five days after Sophia's birth, we were able to bring her home. No one wants to find themselves in the NICU with a preemie baby, but our family is so grateful that Union Hospital offers this service to our community. The care that we received was exceptional! We are so thankful for the nurses and physicians of Union Hospital's NICU!
NORTH, SOUTH VOLLEYBALL RAISE $8,200 FOR UNION HOSPITAL'S NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
From: Union Hospital Foundation Media Release
Friday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 9th marked the last regular season home match for the Terre Haute South Braves Volleyball team. As well as honoring the team's seniors that evening, Coach Steve Beeler and his team, along with Terre Haute North Patriots team captains and Coach Painter, took the opportunity to present a check for $8,200 to Union Hospital Foundation. The money raised was a result of their joint fundraising effort in an event structured around the annual cross-town rivalry on Friday, September 25th.
North and South battled it out at South High School in a match that the host team eventually claimed in four games. As they have in the past, players and coaches from both teams chose to amp up the significance of the match by adopting a local cause to benefit.
Because of some special ties, Union Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was chosen and the rivalry was dubbed "Volleyball for the Small". South Senior, Larina Coutinho's father is a neonatologist in the NICU and her mother is an OB/GYN at Union Hospital. On many occasions she has heard from them about the struggles of the hospital's tiniest patients and their families.
Union Hospial N.I.C.U.
From: http://mywabashvalley.com/content/fulltext/?cid=56812
Reported by: Marcy Foust
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009 @05:30pm EST
More than 1,500 babies have been cared for in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit at Union Hospital since it opened in 2005. Olivia Rose Nale is one of them.
Her mother, Carla Nale, had a perfect pregnancy. But Carla says at thirty-one weeks, she was rushed to the emergency room. "They did an exam, the bleeding wouldn't stop and at that point he said were delivering. I was concerned about her with the bleeding and everything that was something they could fix in me but not knowing what was going to happen with her was what was so scary."
Olivia was born nine weeks and two days early, weighing only three pounds and twelve ounces. Though she's very small, she's much healthier than many pre-term babies.