{"id":332257,"date":"2025-06-04T06:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=332257"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:30:51","slug":"california-fire-captain-preemie-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/california-fire-captain-preemie-save\/","title":{"rendered":"California fire captain reunited with preemie he helped to save"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One fire department captain recently had a joyful reunion with a baby he helped to deliver two months early.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emergency service workers often help people at distressing times, and they don&#8217;t often get to see the end of the story. But this was not the case for Captain Kyle Enos, a firefighter in the small town of Willows, California in the Sacramento Valley \u2013 a tight-knit community of about 6,000 people. In March, Enos was dispatched on a medical emergency call early one morning when a woman went into labor but wasn\u2019t due for another few months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately Enos showed up on the scene three minutes after the initial call, where he found the woman in active labor. He kept her calm and prepared to deliver her baby on site, if necessary. A few minutes later, local EMTs showed up with advanced life support measures, and together they swiftly transported her to the local medical center where her baby, Colton, was delivered in the emergency room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/parents-preemie-home-nicu-not-give-up-fight\/\"><em> \u2018Let the babies fight\u2019: Parents of preemie home from NICU urge others not to give up<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preterm labor \u2013 labor that starts before the 37th week of pregnancy \u2013 affects around 1 in every 10 births in the United States, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/maternal-infant-health\/preterm-birth\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The causes are not always well-understood, and the stakes are high as babies born before they reach full-term (37 to 40 weeks) are at higher risk for disabilities or even death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Colton was completely healthy in spite of his early birthday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Captain Enos had the joy of reuniting with baby Colton and his mother \u2013 a heartwarming bookend to the March emergency call.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwillowsfiredepartment%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0RGJsNyUe3eaEzDhRjFvoPHL6Meyzfh8isUomWEL8LPdn37McbeFgVXZwTK99qxNHl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"689\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTimes like this are why we exist as an agency,\u201d said Chief Nathan Monck, according to a statement posted on the department\u2019s<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/willowsfiredepartment\/posts\/pfbid0RJpMhkiegSmxLEPiGKHioCVnxrfkzmmf3NNCktNNAhjbGprFD7VZZB1cZbGpVbaUl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cIt\u2019s a true honor to serve our residents, and it reminds us why local access to emergency care, like that provided at Glenn Medical Center, is not just important, it\u2019s life-saving.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And there\u2019s more good news for babies like Colton who might be born earlier than expected. For babies who need medical help and support after a premature birth, advancements in medicine show better outlooks than ever for long-term wellness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Live Action News has reported, a 2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/premature-babies-healthy-adults\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found that the majority of babies born prematurely grow into adulthood with no serious physical or mental health complications, with an only eight percent higher chance of complications than babies born full term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/actnow.io\/G3Bhv6M\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-332271\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-700x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-700x251.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-768x275.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02-500x179.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LA25DefundPP_EmailBannerAd-02.jpg 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One fire department captain recently had a joyful reunion with a baby he helped to deliver two months early. 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