A baby who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely in November has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after six months in the hospital.
Nyla was delivered back in November at just 22 weeks after her mother was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, a dangerous high-blood pressure condition.NEW LENOX, Ill — A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely in November has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after spending her first six months at a suburban Chicago hospital.
Nyla was delivered on Nov. 17 at just 22 weeks after her mother, NaKeya, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, a dangerous high-blood pressure condition. She weighed 1 pound and 1 ounce and was 11 inches long, making her what's known as a But she left the hospital Monday weighing a healthy 10 pounds and at 21 inches long after months of treatment and nurturing in its neonatal intensive care unit.
She said she was scared about her child’s early delivery. But Nyla “came out fighting,” said Dr. Mario Sanchez, a neonatologist at Silver Cross Hospital, speaking with the station.
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