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Look: J.R. Smith's premature baby extubated for 1st time

Bob Donnan / USA TODAY Sports

Good news: J.R. Smith's daughter is making progress.

After being born five months premature last month, Dakota Smith was extubated for the first time on Wednesday, lasting three hours before needing to be re-intubated.

Smith's wife, Jewel, wrote in her blog that Dakota will be extubated once again in about a week's time.

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