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FED:'Selfless' treatment helps newborn's fight for life

When Melissa Hourigan gave birth, she was unable to hold her daughter for the first nine days of her life.

After returning an abnormal scan, she was diagnosed with a life-threatening infection and rushed to Melbourne's Mercy Hospital for an emergency caesarean.

Sienna Grace Magnay came into the world 15 weeks early, weighing less than 900 grams.

"I look back on the first photo I had of Sienna in my arms - that girl was so naive with what was about to happen," Ms Hourigan told AAP.

"That NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) journey is a rollercoaster ride and you really don't know how big those drops are until you're in it."

Ms Hourigan spent 122 days of 2025 in the NICU and Special Care Unit while partner Nick Magnay rushed back and forth between the hospital and their home in Wangaratta, about three hours away.

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