{"id":323112,"date":"2024-12-17T10:49:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=323112"},"modified":"2024-12-31T12:14:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:14:01","slug":"parents-preemie-home-nicu-not-give-up-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-preemie-home-nicu-not-give-up-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Let the babies fight’: Parents of preemie home from NICU urge others not to give up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Preemie Kasan Kelley\u2019s journey into the world began under extremely challenging circumstances. Born prematurely at 30 weeks, he weighed a mere one pound and one ounce. “He was the smallest baby I’ve ever seen,” Madelynn Gardner, his nurse at Trinity Health, told <\/span>WZZM13<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The struggles for Kasan started well before his birth. During a 20-week growth scan, it became evident that Kasan was significantly undersized and had low amniotic fluid. “We were told there was a 0% chance of survival,” Kasan’s mother, Onyinye Kelley, shared somberly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the grim prognosis, the Kelleys chose to fight for their son\u2019s life. “We were presented with options to either terminate the pregnancy late-term or let him pass naturally in the womb,” his father, Gemhyl Kelley, explained. “We decided that if he would fight, we would fight alongside him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

As weeks passed, Kasan’s condition did not improve, and his growth lagged further behind. Tests showed insufficient blood flow through his umbilical cord. “We were told he probably wouldn’t make it through the week,” Onyinye recounted. <\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this, their hope and prayers for a miracle persisted.<\/span><\/p>\n