This series ran in our local paper, it's so amazing! Made me cry several times. It's three parts, this is the link to the first part and you can access the other two at the end.
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Wow what a story!!! I didnt read everything just looked at the photos. I wonder do they go by the baby's adjusted age still?
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I am reading and I keep tearing up...
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uggggh why am i reading this at work?!?!?!?
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I came to the long window of what I thought of as the Fat Baby Nursery. This was the place for healthy newborns — goliaths who wailed petty complaints with robust lungs. "What's your problem, fatty?" I said to one. No 9-pounder had any right to complain.
"What's your problem, fatty?" oh my gosh. too funny. This woman is a great writer, btw.
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This totally made me cry....wow.
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I'm still reading the story, but omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My little brother was born at 24 weeks gestation. They told my parents that they had lost him (while still in utero) and left them to grieve. As they were crying my stepmom felt the urge to push...so she did. She delivered her "stillborn" son without any doctors or nurses in the room. My dad looked at the baby, and thought he saw a little hand move. He was sure his eyes were tricking him. Then he saw a little foot move and went running and screaming for the doctors.
Jeremy was born weighing in at 1 lb 5.6 oz and measuring 11 inches long. He was in the NICU for 6 months.
He is now 16 years old.
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@rahlyrah: wow... thats amazing..stories like that really give me hope that even when everything seems bleak its still not over.
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This is my cousin Andrew born at 24 weeks. He was 1lb, 8oz at birth.
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@rahlyrah: I just got chills.
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@rahlyrah: so amazing!!
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I just got nothing done for the past 30 minutes. Shhhh...don't tell my boss.... All I have to say is WOW.
After 100+ days, she started breastfeeding. And it worked. And continued. OMG.
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My friend had twins at 22 or 23 weeks, they were 1.15 and 1.2 lbs now they are over a year old and doing great! It is amazing what the doctors can do now to help these babies survive.
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Not done with the first part yet, but had to come back and post that this is wonderful. Glad others are crying through it and it's not just my postpartum hormones. I'd never considered all the ethical and moral decisions of micro preemies - hope those are choices I never have to make.
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And now I'm a total mess. What a moving story.
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Ladies, I *know*!! Our radiologist actually told us about it yesterday (good thing she waited until I was well into the third trimester). That is actually the hospital where we're delivering. All the stories about all the wonderful people there, the doctors and nurses,... I just thought it was such an amazing story and had to share!
@rahlyrah: God, that is amazing.
@rachiecakes: Wow!
@mediagirl: I KNOW! "Kim, what the hell!?"
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I read this a few days ago and was sobbing. It made me feel so grateful for my healthy LO! And I'm so happy she had a happy ending.
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@mrs. tricycle, I rarely cry and this story turned me into a mushy mess at my desk. I'm out of Kleenex!
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I cried reading this. I thought about what my friend goes through with her preemie.
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This story is absolutely amazing. So glad they had a happy ending.
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Great. Now I have mascara smear stains running down my cheeks at work. What an awesome awesome story!
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This is simply amazing.
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Amazing. It breaks my heart yet it helps me with my own struggles and putting them into perspective.
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yeah, cried reading every part of this. glad i have an office door to close. and it's my second to last day at work, so i'm pretty useless anyway!
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okay, I can't cry right now because I won't stop and I'm already congested! So I won't read yet, but,
@rahlyrah: @rachiecakes: that is amazing!
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I'm just so glad that little Junebug is ok! Parts of that were hard to read and heart wrenching, but she sure is a fighter.
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@littleveesmommy: The only reason I even read it is because our radiologist promised me she lives!
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Beautiful story!!
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I looked on YouTube and found this video of Juniper!
Wow it really makes it clear how small Junebug was... just amazing.
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What an amazing story. I am so grateful for my healthy baby right now.
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Omg, I read the story at work this afternoon and was literally sobbing in my office! I am so scared of having NICU time. So glad they got a happy ending.
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wow i cried reading that. jfk's son died being born at 34 weeks 50 years ago. olive was born at 35 weeks.
what a great writer. i'm so happy for baby juniper!!
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Wow....amazing life! Thanks for sharing.
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Amazing miracle. I totally cried. Lovely , thought provoking writing!
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Scary, but an amazing miracle. This *almost* happened to my friend. She had the same complication, but she was able to keep the baby until 27 weeks in the end. Her baby was born the same day as mine. Modern medicine is absolutely amazing.
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I read read this several hours ago and I'm still tearing up thinking about it!!! Technology is crazy awesome!
She's an amazing writer though. Had me giggling a little through my tears at some parts.
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Such a beautifully written story, does anyone know if she has a blog?
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I read this last night! What a truly amazing story!
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@LittleGBee: I don't think she has a blog... most of the writing I could find from her is from her journalism work at the Tampa Bay Times. But here's her Twitter though!
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