Our Stories
August 12, 2013
Saved by Breastfeeding
On November 1, 2012, a Middle Eastern couple and their two-week-old baby came to a Fresno EOC WIC office to enroll. Shortly after arriving, the child began to cough and appeared to have difficulty breathing. Parents spoke nervously in their native language and picked up the newborn with hopes that the coughing would subside. The face of the child began to turn red and the child’s limbs turned blue. Experienced WIC Nutrition Assistant, See Lee,
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