NICU babies at Cape Fear Valley Health make a splash ahead of 4th of July

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A dose of sunshine ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

Cape Fear Valley Health shared photos to social media of its tiniest patients making a splash.

NICU babies were ready for some summer fun, wearing sunglasses.

Nurses also posed the babies in small pool floaties, relaxing on fake water with red, white, and blue popsicles.

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UNC Rex and UNC Children's hospitals NICU

Nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units at UNC Health Rex Hospital in Raleigh and UNC Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill also got into the holiday spirit, sharing photos of the NICU patients in their red, white, and blue outfits.