Former NICU neighbors overcome rare heart disease to become college roommates Monday, October 9 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two neonatal intensive care unit patients who were once given a 40% chance of survival are now thriving years later.Tate Lewis and Seth Rippentrop were born weeks apart in 2002. They were diagnosed in utero with hypoplastic heart syndrome, a congenital... Read More.
Hospital sees baby boom with quadruplets, eight sets of twins at once in NICU Thursday, July 6 by ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A hospital in California is experiencing a baby boom of multiples in its neonatal intensive care unit.Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's hospital in Los Angeles is currently caring for one set of quadruplets in its NICU, as well as eight sets of twins.The... Read More.
Micro preemie born at 23 weeks ‘graduates’ from NICU after 190-day stay Monday, March 6 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- On the last day of February, Estefania Alvarado was experiencing a whirlwind of emotions, but mostly she was feeling excited. Her baby boy, who had been in the hospital since he was born last August, was finally getting discharged."I couldn't sleep... Read More.
Baby gets special homecoming parade from NICU Thursday, March 2 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- One baby got a special homecoming parade three months after he was born weighing only 1 pound and 15 ounces.Samantha Desmond, 28, of Peabody, Massachusetts, was only 25 weeks pregnant, her baby roughly the size of a head of cauliflower, when... Read More.
Nurse who cared for baby for six months in NICU named his godmother Monday, October 10 by ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Carly Miller, a neonatal intensive care unit nurse in Texas, spent six months by the side of one of her most critically ill patients, a baby named Conrad.Now Miller, 27, a nurse at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, gets to spend the... Read More.
Inside the harrowing 48-hour rush to evacuate NICU babies after Hurricane Ian Thursday, October 6 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As Hurricane Ian pounded the West Coast of Florida, Tiffani Henning watched the Category 4 storm from the third floor of Golisano Children’s Hospital in Fort Myers.Henning huddled with about two dozen other moms last week as they watched their cars... Read More.
Former NICU patient graduates medical school, aims to return to NICU as doctor Friday, May 27 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A New York man who was born prematurely 27 years ago and spent 40 days in a neonatal intensive care unit says he plans to go back to the NICU, this time as a doctor specializing in infant care.It's a full-circle... Read More.
Toddler who weighed 1 pound at birth goes home after 19 months in the NICU Friday, April 8 by ABC News(BOSTON) -- A Massachusetts toddler who weighed just over one pound when she was born at 25 weeks is home after spending the first 19 months of her life hospitalized.Bradi Foster, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, was greeted with cheers and bubbles from her doctors and... Read More.
Baby born at 25 weeks goes home after 460 days in NICU Monday, March 28 by ABC News(INDIANAPOLIS) -- For the first time in his life, 15-month-old Kendall Jurnakins is home.The baby boy spent the first year of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit at Ascension St. Vincent Women's Hospital in Indianapolis before being cleared for discharge on March... Read More.