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By Nathaniel Miller
Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Dalton Lewis was supposed to be born in November of 2011.

However, at 21 weeks into her pregnancy, Dalton’s mother Melissa Lewis was told there was a problem with her son. Lewis was told he unborn son had been diagnosed with CMV, or Cytomegalovirus, and that her pregnancy was now considered high risk.

Infants who are infected with CMV before birth run the risk of premature delivery, being small for their age, jaundice, enlarged liver and spleen, and seizures.

Six weeks after getting the news, Lewis said Dalton came into the world stillborn on July 27, 2011.

But Dalton isn’t forgotten. After receiving the news that he was diagnosed with CMV, Lewis said her doctor gave her a small white recorder.

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