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How Jim Harbaugh’s Family Helps Sick Michigan Kids Use VR To Make Hospital Stays Brighter

Ann Arbor, MI - October 17, 2015 - Michigan Stadium: Coach Jim Harbaugh of the University of Michigan Wolverines and Steve Spurrier during a regular season game (Photo by Joe Faraoni / ESPN Images)

AUSTIN, Texas — When Sarah Harbaugh was in labor in January at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan, there was thought from the staff that she could benefit from having virtual reality available in her room in order to help cope with childbirth.

The fourth child for Jim and Sarah Harbaugh came early, and there ultimately wasn’t time to have the wife of Michigan’s football coach try VR in that instance.