Pleasure Ain’t the Problem, Shame Is | Nikquan Lewis | TEDxThird Ward

Please welcome Ncoan Lewis. I'm 18 years old living at the Ronald McDonald House and across the street, my newborn daughter is fighting for her life in the NICU. She's already had surgeries, tubes, machines, beeping monitors.I'm scared. I'm alone. And I'm exhausted.Every morning, I crossed that street with my heart in my throat, praying that she was still here. I stayed by her side for weeks, then months. Eventually, she got her own room.Even after I finally got an apartment, I was still at that hospital ev ...