lilsumpthins's Blog

After seeing the story about the baby that was born at 21/22 weeks and weighed about 9 ounces, I felt compelled to write this blog.  You see, I know a lot about micro-preemie babies because in 2005 I had my son Zachary at 25 weeks.  He weighed a little over a pound when he was born and actually lost weight down to about a pound after losing fluid in the hospital.

It is a Miracle that these babies can survive and if you have ever been to Brenner Children's Hospital or Forsyth's NICU you have been a witness to the miracles that happen there.  I could actually feel the angels around me while I sat with my little baby boy daily and watched him hang on for dear life.

I'm so glad for the girl who had the precious little baby girl a few weeks ago, and her baby is still hanging in there after a few weeks with signs of improvement and perhaps she will leave the hospital as we did in October 2005.  With a happy healthy baby boy who was given little chance of survival and is now very healthy with no sign of any issues related to his prematurity.

Thanks from my family to the wonderful doctors and nurses at HPRHS where my son was born and to the whole NICU staff at Brenner's Children's hospital where he stayed for the first three+ months of his life.  Miracles do happen !!!