Posted on 02/20/2007 10:08:29 AM PST by presidio9
A premature baby who doctors said spent less time in the womb than any other surviving infant will remain in a hospital a few extra days as a precaution, officials said Tuesday.
Amillia Sonja Taylor, born Oct. 24 after just under 22 weeks in the womb, had been expected to be sent home Tuesday.
Barbara Moore, spokeswoman for Baptist Children's Hospital, said she did not have details on why doctors changed their minds about releasing the infant.
Doctors say Amillia is the first baby known to have survived after a gestation of fewer than 23 weeks. She was just 9½ inches long and weighed less than 10 ounces when she was delivered by Caesarean section. Full-term births come after 37 to 40 weeks.
Amillia, the first child for Eddie and Sonja Taylor of Homestead, now weighs 4½ pounds.
She has suffered respiratory and digestive problems, as well as a mild brain hemorrhage, but doctors believe the health concerns will not have major long-term effects.
"Her prognosis is excellent," said Dr. Paul Fassbach, who has cared for Amillia since her second day.
"She smiles, so everything a baby's supposed to do for her age, she's doing — which is amazing because they told me she would be developmentally delayed. She surprised us all," said the baby's mother, Sonja Taylor.
Amillia was conceived in vitro and has been in an incubator since birth. She will continue to receive a small amount of supplemental oxygen even after she goes home.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787826/posts
What part of "Release Delayed" are you not understanding?
Congrats to the parents, I can't even imagine the stress they endured to get to this point.
...at opposed to "posted - it's a dupe"
Seriously, you need to get a hobby.
you seriously need to learn to "search before post", or is the irony is $75,000 a quarter for FR lost on you?
I always do a search skippy. I'm not sure what your referrence to the FR budget referrs to. If you have a problem with one of my posts, why not just "report abuse" to the monitor? As hard as I try to be, I'm just not that interested in your nagging. In any event, this IS a new story, so your complaint makes zero sense.
Hopefully the child survives long-term.
That's irrelevant. This thread is now about what an atrocity it is to post stories that update earlier threads. Who cares about Amillia anyway?
In any case, the doctors said that they espect no long-term health problems :)
I hope this little miracle is OK and will be released from the hospital soon. Prayers for her and her family. THANKS FOR THE UPDATED THREAD!!! ;) Couldn't resist...
Saving to read later. I'm glad she is doing well.
Get back to me when you bother to go back and actually find that "complaint"
Appreciate the update thread ... would have missed this info about her release being delayed since I can't lurk constantly at FR during the day.
Skippy & Fluffy.
LOL!
LOL!
I'd believe that line of crap, if you hadn't spent a good deal of time today posting similiar homilies on several other threads. For future reference: I take the appropriate precautions to avoid duplicates. That being said, when one does occur, I honestly don't care. Therefore, there is no need to alert me to it. If a repost personally offends you, again, feel free to alert moderator.
Actually, I have a confession to make: I am secretly happy when I make a duplicate, because I know how it tortures obsessive compulsive types.
Somewhere in America, kate michelman and other naral and baby-killing skanks are hoping this baby dies.
Also, she only became a baby this week, when she reached 9 months since conception.
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