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\"Meet this NICU patient affectionately known as 'Fighting Finn,'\" Nemours Children's Hospital wrote on Facebook in July. \"Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit confirms that the name certainly fits! He was born at 24 weeks and continues to make a remarkable recovery!\"

\"PHOTO:
Lindsey Cassidy Photography
PHOTO: Finn James Hill, lovingly nicknamed "Fighting Finn," was released from Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando Florida, Sept. 10.
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Hill said her son is a good sleeper and a joy to be around.

\"He just always has this grin on his face. He is so loved, I can't even tell you,\" she said.

\"PHOTO:
Jessica Hill
PHOTO: Finn James Hill, lovingly nicknamed "Fighting Finn," was released from Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando Florida, Sept. 10.
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\"We're grateful this couple gave us our family,\" Hill added of Finn's genetic parents. \"There's not a better gift than you could give ... to give people the opportunity to be parents.\"

The Hills are documenting Finn's journey on a Facebook page called Fighting Finn.

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