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www.alegent.com Video conference allows father to see daughters birth at Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center Alex and Shannon Wilterdink welcomed Adalie Faith to the world Monday morning, July 6, 2009 at Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center. Everything went smoothly. Mom was focused, her nurse was encouraging and dad was cheering them both on from a Marine base in Iraq. When Sergeant Wilterdink shipped out to Iraq in January 2009 from Camp Pendleton, he knew he and his wife were expecting their first child. Rather than go it alone in California, Shannon moved back to Omaha to be with her family hoping that her husband could be there too. Even if he couldnt be there in person, she wanted him to still be a part of the event, so she contacted the Freedom Calls Foundation – which operates call centers at seven military camps in Iraq and Kuwait and conducts some 2000 video teleconferences a month. They reached out to Alegent Health and began the technical conversation on how to connect Bergan Mercy Medical Center with Iraq. “It was bugging me that I was going to miss this. I took it hard when I realized I wasn’t going to be able to be, said Alex. Technology made sure that Alex could be there in body and spirit. But the journey wasnt an easy one. Shannon was due to be induced on Monday, July 6. On Friday, July 3, she learned that sandstorms in Iraq were making travel and communications difficult around Alexs base. Although she tried to stay calm, her heart was …
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