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Where to live? North Carolina teen, hospital unable to agree on care arrangements

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Where to live? North Carolina teen, hospital unable to agree on care arrangements

• RICHARD CRAVER Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal
• Mar 9, 2024
• Mar 9, 2024
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WATCH: Reporter Richard Craver talks with Alexis Ratcliff via Zoom from her room at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital.

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Alexis Ratcliff, an 18-year-old self-proclaimed “social butterfly” and a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic, has a simple hope.

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