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A preemie who weighed just one pound six ounces at birth has finally been able to go home with his parents, after 181 days in the hospital.<\/p>\n

When little Zaylan Reed was born, doctors told his parents, Krysten Risbon and Janerio Reed, their son “probably wouldn’t make it.”<\/p>\n

Krysten, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, was just<\/a> 23 weeks and six days pregnant when she started experiencing pain and bleeding. Doctors first believed she was suffering from a yeast infection, but later determined she was actually in labor. “They said \u2013 ‘You\u2019re going to have this baby today. He\u2019s probably not going to make it.’ I started crying,” she recalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Krysten was airlifted to UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, which has a specialist neonatal unit. \u201cIt was scary. I just kept thinking \u2018Please just get us there,'” she said. \u201cNobody could come with me. I just felt like everything was going to be ok.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Zaylan was born, he had a hole in his heart and an eye condition called ROP. After Janerio cut his son’s umbilical cord, Zaylan was whisked away to the NICU. \u201cWhen they took him down I was pretty scared. He was so tiny he fit in the palm of my hand,” said Krysten.<\/p>\n

Over the next few months, Zaylan was put on oxygen, had surgery to improve his eyesight, and was eventually fitted with a feeding tube. On June 21, after nearly six months in the hospital, he was finally able to go home with his parents. Krysten said it was “unreal having him home.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s pretty insane. I can\u2019t believe how small he was. He used to hold my finger with his whole hand,” she said. \u201cHe used to be the size of a thumbprint of his foot.”<\/p>\n

He hasn’t just grown in size — he’s also started to show his own personality. “He\u2019s pretty funny. He\u2019s a grump \u2013 he gives me the side eye,” Krysten said. “He smiles and laughs all the time.”<\/p>\n

The survival rate a preemie like Zaylan is continuing to rise, thanks to an increase in medical advancements. A 2022 study<\/a> by Stanford Medicine found that with active treatment, 55 percent of babies born at 23 weeks, like Zaylan, survived. Being a preemie no longer has to mean an immediate death sentence.<\/p>\n

The arrival of Zaylan isn’t the only big change in the family’s life, as Krysten is also preparing to enter Mount Aloysius College in the fall to study nursing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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