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Salina and Jasmine, searching for a merry Christmas in the NICU

Salina Earls sits inside the Northeast Georgia Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, with her daughter Jasmine, who was born early at 24 weeks and has been at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville ever since. - photo by Scott Rogers

12222019 NICU 1.jpg — Salina Earls sits inside the Northeast Georgia Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, with her daughter Jasmine, who was born early at 24 weeks and has been at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville ever since. - photo by Scott Rogers

Years from now, when Salina Earls flips through her journal to read about her daughter’s first Christmas, the pages will tell her of nurses instead of gifts.