{"id":331598,"date":"2025-05-21T06:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=331598"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:51:30","slug":"micro-preemie-home-multiple-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/micro-preemie-home-multiple-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro preemie goes home after surviving multiple health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A micro preemie born at 25 weeks gestation weighing less than two pounds is home after surviving pneumonia, cardiac arrest, and partial paralysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

KEY TAKEAWAYS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Levi Morris survived multiple life-threatening circumstances after his birth three months early at 25 weeks \u2014 “every struggle that could be thrown at him” in the NICU, according to his parents.<\/li>\n
  • Thanks to a supportive hospital staff and volunteers, Levi was well enough to go home from the NICU after a long stay of about 15 months.<\/li>\n
  • Babies born weeks younger than Levi have survived \u2014 in part because they, too, were given a chance by heroic hospital staff who did all they could to preserve their lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    THE BACKSTORY:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Levi Morris was born three months early, weighing just 1 pound and 6 ounces, at Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital in Rochester, New York. While in the NICU, he survived multiple life-threatening complications. In February 2025, after spending 471 days in the NICU, Levi went home for the first time with his parents. <\/span><\/p>\n

    The hospital posted<\/a> an emotional video to Facebook when Levi graduated from the NICU, showing Levi\u2019s parents pushing him in a stroller as nurses cheered and blew bubbles.<\/span><\/p>\n