{"id":272777,"date":"2022-07-26T19:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T00:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=272777"},"modified":"2022-07-26T11:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:02:20","slug":"premature-baby-one-pound-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/premature-baby-one-pound-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Premature baby weighing just one pound at birth is finally going home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A premature baby born at 24 weeks and weighing just one pound is going home, after spending 160 days in the NICU.<\/p>\n

Heather Yarborough was put on bed rest at 16 weeks pregnant, but according to the family’s GoFundMe page<\/a>, had to be admitted into the hospital at 22 weeks after discovering that their daughter, Kinsley, was not growing properly. At 24 weeks, little Kinsley was born.<\/p>\n

The journey for the Yarborough family wasn’t always an easy one. According to the Daily Mail<\/a>, Kinsley was a twin, and her sibling passed away in the womb. Yarborough also suffered several miscarriages before Kinsley was born prematurely.<\/p>\n

And yet, despite weighing just one pound, Kinsley started her journey outside of the womb in stable condition. Though luckily, there were no issues with brain bleeds, Kinsley had trouble with her heart and lungs, and battled several infections. Originally, Kinsley’s lungs were in such danger that doctors thought she might not make it, although the tiny fighter proved them all wrong. There were also struggles with her blood pressure, and eventually pulmonary hypertension, which was treated with medication.<\/p>\n

A video of the moment Kinsley’s mom Heather and dad Shane got to hold her for the first time went viral and made international headlines.<\/p>\n