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Babies born prematurely fight their tiny uphill battles, but they aren\u2019t alone. Denver Fox affiliate KDVR <\/span>recently reported<\/span><\/a> a story of one of those babies, now a little girl, who had the opportunity to meet the NICU nurses who cared for her in the early days of that battle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoey was born at 24 weeks and 5 days, \u201cextremely unexpectedly,\u201d according to her mom. She was tiny, weighing in at just 1 pound 9 ounces. And like many babies, she faced many issues in her early life, which can sometimes be due to complications of being so tiny \u2013 brain bleeds, blood transfusions, seizures, and cerebral palsy. Her mom remembers those 124 days as \u201cextremely scary and traumatic,\u201d but she also remembered the team of nurses that got Zoey \u2013 and her mother \u2013 through those difficult times.\u00a0<\/span>Many NICU nurses spend their time and energy caring for their very small and delicate patients. While they see them grow and make gains, and hopefully eventually \u201cgraduate\u201d from the NICU, don\u2019t always get to see how their patients grow and thrive after they leave. But Zoey’s team did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI remember how tiny she was and all the conversations that we had had about potential prognosis,\u201d one member of her care team at <\/span>St. Joseph Hospital<\/span><\/a> reminisced, \u201cand to see her walking through our front doors and jumping and excited is really heart-warming.\u201d She added, \u201cWe\u2019re a part of their journey forever. They remember us forever and the impact that we\u2019ve had on them, and they\u2019ve had just as much impact on us and we\u2019re a home away from home for them.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: Couple who met as premature babies in hospital celebrate birth of baby girl<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twenty-four weeks is widely considered the line of \u201cviability\u201d \u2013 a term that rose to public consciousness with the now-overturned Roe v. Wade <\/i>Supreme Court decision<\/span>. As medicine continues to develop, the <\/span>legal term, \u201cviability\u201d<\/span><\/a>, which has <\/span>no basis in sound science<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>does not reflect the humanity of preborn babies<\/span><\/a>, has become a moving target. Many <\/span>more babies are surviving being born at 21-22 weeks<\/span><\/a> than ever before. The 1973 Supreme Court decision said that the age of fetal viability \u201cis <\/span>usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks)<\/span><\/i> but <\/span>may<\/b> occur earlier, even at 24 weeks.\u201d In 2024, 28 weeks seems shockingly <\/span>late<\/span><\/i>, since babies like Zoey are surviving at earlier and earlier ages \u2013 even as young as <\/span>21 weeks<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the attitudes of care teams for these babies \u2013 before and after birth \u2013 contributes a lot to helping the tiniest of babies survive and thrive. In fact, one recent <\/span>study<\/span><\/a> found better outcomes for babies born at 22 weeks when hospitals make an attempt to resuscitate every baby, rather than selectively resuscitating on physician or family preferences. Although the study was small, it found that when every baby is given proactive care, 53% survived as opposed to a 19% survival rate when reactively offering the same care to 22-week preemies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Zoey, the support of those who love her and the devotion of her care team carried her through those difficult early days in the NICU. Her mother wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. \u201cShe is my entire world and I have never been so proud of somebody in my entire life. She has overcome so incredibly much in her short five years.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Babies born prematurely fight their tiny uphill battles, but they aren\u2019t alone. 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