SPOKANE — The first book 2-month-old Asher Hansen’s parents read to him from the neonatal intensive care unit was Harry Potter. The beloved series starts with a chapter entitled, “The Boy Who Lived.”

“I know it’s cheesy, but in the book, it was his mother’s love which protected Harry Potter from the death curse. I’d like to think it was our love which encouraged Asher to fight his infection rather than giving up,” said Asher’s dad, James Hansen.

It’s fitting, then, that little Asher — born Aug. 21 at 24 weeks — would be dressed as Harry Potter for his first Halloween, decked out along with the other babies of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center’s NICU in a range of costumes, including cows and sushi rolls.

“They don’t get to experience holidays like this in a normal way,” registered

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