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| Award of Excellence Jason Arthurs News and Observer
 "Miracle Heartbeat"
Wilburn Wooten lies in bed with his wife of 55
  years, Ruby, before disconnecting himself from a dialysis machine that serves
  as his kidneys while he sleeps. Each morning when they wake up at 6:30 a.m.
  Ruby rests her head on her husband's chest and listens to his heartbeat.
  'It's a miracle,' she said. 'We get another day.'
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