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Why a Gainesville couple is donating 2,200 books to hospital’s neonatal ICU

Abby Burle holds her son Max Thursday, July 12, 2018 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center's neonatal Intensive Care Unit as she and husband Ryan unload about 1,000 books the couple collected from a donation drive to give to the ICU. The Burles had triplets stay for an extended period in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center's neonatal ICU last year. - photo by Scott Rogers

07132018 BOOKS 4.jpg — Abby Burle holds her son Max Thursday, July 12, 2018 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center's neonatal Intensive Care Unit as she and husband Ryan unload about 1,000 books the couple collected from a donation drive to give to the ICU. The Burles had triplets stay for an extended period in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center's neonatal ICU last year. - photo by Scott Rogers

When they couldn’t hold or touch their newborn triplets, Abby and Ryan Burle of Gainesville found another way to communicate.