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J.R. Smith, wife brought baby daughter Dakota home from hospital Tuesday after five months in NICU

Cleveland Plain Dealer | May 23, 2017

Related Topics: Neonatal intensive care unit, Infant, Hospital, Kelly Olynyk, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Preterm birth

CLEVELAND -- J.R. Smith and his wife brought their daughter home today after more than five months in an area NICU because of a premature birth.

Smith, the Cavs' starting shooting guard, posted to his Instagram account pictures of the happy couple with daughter Dakota, pushing her in a stroller out of Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights. She was born nearly five months early in January and was intubated until late March.

"We Walked In Together We Walked Out Together!!" Smith wrote.

Dakota is Smith's third child.

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