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Premature baby discharged from Brookwood NICU after 160 days
Khalil Flowers has graduated from the NICU at Brookwood Hospital at only five and one half months old.She was born 4 months ...
Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development
Infants born very preterm spend weeks or even months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) while their immature brains ...
New Mom’s Hilarious Malicious Compliance Shuts Down A Nosy NICU Neighbor
Giving birth is an emotional roller coaster: joy, exhaustion, and everything in between. Moms go through so much, physically ...
Texas Preemie's Severe Wound Healed with Fish Skin: ‘I Call Her My Little Mermaid’
Krystal DeVos is "grateful for modern medicine" after her newborn was saved by fish skin taken from wild North Atlantic cod ...
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Babies for basketball: Ascension St. John NICU supports OKC Thunder in style
The Thunder’s tiniest fans in Tulsa are rooting for the team in style. All the babies in the NICU at Ascension St. John have ...
Miracle preemie graduates pre-K, ready for kindergarten
Tamela and Robert Ross’ daughter, Ella Grace, just graduated from pre-K and is heading to kindergarten this fall. “Just to ...
Premature babies are given sucrose for pain relief – but new research shows it doesn’t stop long-term impacts on development
Preterm babies receive up to 16 painful procedures every day. Pain in early life has been linked to altered brain development ...
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Baylor Scott & White opens first Level III NICU in Williamson County
A Level III NICU can care for premature babies born at 24 weeks or older and who do not need immediate surgery and do not have a cardiac problem. Level III NICUs help maintain good breath support ...
I lived the gift of Medicaid. It made my daughter's 14 months possible. | Opinion
"Yes, we all die. Our dying is what makes how we live so important. ... Medicaid gave my daughter the chance to be cherished, ...