(gestational age: 25 weeks, 5 days).
At birth I weighed 1 pound and 2 ounces and measured 12 inches long.
I have blue eyes and blond hair (for now).
Ironically, today, I was freed in another way... freed from the institution some call Lucile Packard Children's Hospital !! Yep, I got my discharge papers, jumped into an engulfing car seat and headed home with Mom & Dad to be greeted by two white, furry, sniffing, barking creatures that make just as much noise as the alarms in the NICU. It feels great !
By the way, Dad promises to post some more recent photos to the website once we get settled at home. So continue to check back.
Discharge data: 4 pounds, 4 ounces, 16 inches
+ No bleeding on the brain.
+ No PDA.
+ No necrotizing enterocolitis.
+ Full feeds with feeding tube.
+ Graduated from ventilator.
+ Graduated to intermediate nursery.
+ Passed breathing test.
+ Breast and bottle feeding.
+ Passed hearing test.
+ Graduated from feeding tube.
+ Maintaining body temperature without a heated bed.
+No reflux.
+ Went home !!
