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Alisha Shokes experienced every mother's fear at her 20-week ultrasound: a complication. 1 / 7
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Her baby boy's diaphragm didn't develop properly, subsequently not allowing his lungs to develop either. 2 / 7
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At the Children's Hospital in Georgia, baby Ar-mani was born via C-section weighing just 4 lbs. 3 / 7
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Doctors were forced to put Ar-mani on ECMO, a very risky but necessary decision. 4 / 7
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In acting as artificial lungs for Ar-mani, it would give his actual lungs time to develop. 5 / 7
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His doctor also created a mesh diaphragm to help him as well. 6 / 7
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Now weighing 9 lbs 10 oz, baby Ar-mani Shokes is doing well. 7 / 7
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