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>>> YOU CAN TELL A DIRTY NEEDLE HAS BEEN USED ABOUT 4@4 TIMES,
AM ABOUT TO GO IN FOR DELIVERY.
SPEAK OUT A WOMAN4@ SO ADDICTED
TO HEROIN THAT SHE IS SHOOTING
UP DAYS BEFORE GIVING BIRTH.
SADLY,4@ AS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
GROWS, SO MANY ARE SEEN LIKE
THIS.>>>4@ A LOVING FAMILY WHO @ SAVED THE CHILD AND WHAT
DOCTORS ARE TRYING TO DO 4@TO
HELP THE YOUNGEST VICTIM OF THE
OPIOID CRISIS.
OPIOID CRISIS. >> Reporter:4@ THE SUSPECTS FEL
VICTIM TO A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE,
BABY FEVER.
BABY FEVER. FOR A WHILE THERE NURSERY SAT
EMPT4@Y, THEY 4@CONSIDER BECOMI
FOSTER PARENTS OR A SURROGATE,
THEN FATE WALKED THROUGH THE
DOOR.4@
DOOR.4@
DOOR.4@ OPIOID RECOVERY.
OPIOID RECOVERY. >> 4@I RAN INTO HER MOTHER WHO
WOULD FIND WORK THE NEXT DAY 4@
GIVE HIM UP FOR ADOPTION.4@
>> Reporter: SHE IS BATTLING
ADDICTION TO HEROIN.
ERIN IS NO STRANGER, HE IS A
SURVIVOR HIMSELF AND DEDICATED
HIS LIFE TO GETTING OTHERS TO
DO THE SAME.
SO, HE KNEW KEEPING THE MOTHER @
ALIVE THROUGH PREGNANCY MIGHT
BE A CHALLENGE.4@
>> WE HADN'T HEARD FROM HER IN
A LITTLE BIT AND I SAID I CARE
ABOUT YOU AS A PERSON.>> THEY
STAY CLOSE TO THE MOTHER AS THE
DUE DATE DREW NEAR.
>> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT4@
BUT IT WAS EMBEDDED IN FEAR.
>> Reporter: HIS 4@NAME IS
GRAYSON,4@ ADDICTED TO HEROIN
SINCE BEFORE HIS FIRST BREATH.
DOCTORS 4@REPLACE HEROIN WITH
MORPHINE IN HIS VEINS.
>> HE WAS GIVEN MORPHINE TO
HELP COMFORT HIM4@ AND OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME THEY START TO
TAPER THAT OFF.4@
HIS 4@BODY GETS REALLY TENSE, Y
CAN ACTUALLY TAKE HIM UP BY HIS
HAND AND BODY AS RIGID AS A
BOARD. 4@
BOARD. 4@
BOARD. 4@ TODAY IS THE BIG 5 DAYS, HAPPY
BIRTHDAY.
BIRTHDAY.
BIRTHDAY. GRAYSON CAME AROUND 4@ABOUT 530
CRYING,4@ AND4@ IT'S VERY KEY T
GETTING HIM OFF THE MEDICA4@TIO.
>> Reporter: 4@GRAYSON IS ONE O
THE LUCKY ONES, MOST 4@ADDICTED
BABIES ARE NOT AS LUCKY AND IT
IS A NUMBER THAT CONTINUES TO
GROW BY THE DAY.4@4@
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DOCTORS
BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF BABIES
BORN INTO ADDICTION HAVE NEARLY
DOUBLED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
DESPITE THE GROWING NUMBERS,
DOCTORS SAY THERE IS NO
NATIONALLY 4@ACCEPTED STANDARD
FOR BABIES BORN INTO A
ADDICTION.
ADDICTION. HE THINKS THAT IS PARTIALLY DUE
TO THE STIGMA.>> I PROBABLY HAD
THE SAME SET OF BIAS WHEN I
FIRST CAME 4@INTO THIS AND SOME
OF THEM ARE SELF-CONSCIOUS.
>> Reporter: HE IS COMING UP
FOR A CARE PLAN FOR OTHER
BABIES. 4@
BABIES. 4@ AFTER SPENDING THE FIRST THREE
WEEKS OF HIS LIFE HOOKED UP TO
MACHINES, IT WAS FINALLY TIME
TO GO WIRELESS.>>4@ WITH A CLEA
DIAPER FOR 4@THE ROAD AND A
GRADUATION CAP TO MARK THE
OCCASION --4@ THE ENTIRE FAMILY
FINALLY HAD TO GATHER THEIR
THINGS AND GO HOME TOGETHER.4@
>> IT IS STILL ALL A DREAM BUT
WE ARE READY FOR IT.
>> Reporter: WE CHECKED BACK IN
ONE WEEK4@ AFTER 4@THE HOMECOMI.
>> OUR LIFE REVOLVES AROUND
BOTTLEFEEDING AND CHANGING
DIAPERS.4@
DIAPERS.4@ >> Reporter: HIS PARENTS ARE
WAITING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF EATING
BORN ADDICTED TO HEROIN.4@
>> WILL HE HAVE TROUBLE WITH
MATH WHEN HE GETS TO FOURTH
GRADE?
GRADE?
GRADE? WILL IT BE BECAUSE HE HAS
TROUBLE WITH 4@MATH OR BECAUSE
THE DRUG?
THE DRUG?
THE DRUG? >> Reporter: THERE IS ONE
UNDENIABLE TRUTH, ALL MEMBERS
SHARE A NEW DISEASE,
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.4@4@
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.4@4@ HOW DO WE FIX THIS PROBLEM?
DOCTORS SAY THE FIRST PROBLEM
IS KNOWING HOW BAD IT IS AND
ONE THING THAT ASTONISHED ME4@
THE CVC DOESN'T ACTUALLY TRACK
HOW
HOW MANY
HOW MANY OF THESE BABIES ARE OUT THERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY SO
THAT COULD BE A GOOD FIRST
STEP.>> WHERE DO 4@YOU TURN?
>> Reporter: WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS, HEALTHCARE WILL
ROLLOUT4@ YOUR NEW DESIGN TOWAR
MOTHERS WHO ARE DEALING WITH
ADDICTION AND THAT CAN BE A 4@
GOOD FIRST STEP, MUCH MORE THAN
DOING THEIR PRENATAL VISITS.4@
>> YOU ONLY SPEND THREE WEEKS 4@
THERE, THAT'S AMAZING.
WHERE 4@IS MOM?
HOW WILL YOU DEAL WITH 4@THAT?
>> MOM IS STILL ADDICTED, I
SPOKE TO HER SISTER TODAY AND
BASICALLY THE FATHER'S DAY AZIN@
AS SHE IS WILLING TO GET HELP,
THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. THEY HAVE THOSE RESOURCES 4@AND
IF SHE GETS HELP, THEY WILL BE
THE FIRST TO MAKE SURE SHE GETS
HOME BUT UNTIL THEN SHE