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Josiah

Josiah

Josiah

45 votes

Child's Birth Year
2024

State/Province/Territory
California

NICU Hospital for my journey
Kern Medical Hospital

My NICU Graduate's Journey
Josiah was born at 27 weeks during an emergency C-section from placenta abruption. He was in the NICU for 103 days and was on oxygen for the first 2 months of his life. He struggled to learn to feed from a bottle and that’s what kept him in the NICU longer than we had expected. Since being home from the NICU Josiah has overcome obstacles! He has fought RSV, parainfluenza, croup, Bronchiolitis, rhinovirus this flu season. He was hospitalized three different times from these viruses and needed oxygen therapy to help him fight off these viruses. Josiah has a ASD heart murmur that is expected to close on its on within time, he has his cardiologist at Valley Childrens Hospital. He has a hemangioma on his left ear that is being treated at the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. He also has high blood pressure and we see a Nephrologist at Valley Children’s hospital for treatment. Josiah medical team include his regular Peds, Cardiologist, Dermatologist and Nephrologist. They all have been amazing in Josiah’s journey and my baby boy has been doing amazing since leaving the NICU.

What makes you proud of you NICU graduate?
Watching him thrive! Seeing him growing from a tiny 2lb 10oz baby to now a one year old 20lb 14oz baby is amazing. Every new milestone makes me want to cry. When people make comments that he’s small for being a one year old I like to bring up his birth story and how he was so tiny and is now such a big boy. People always give him a second glance and realize the miracle of God in such a tiny face.

Weight at Birth (lbs. or Grams)
2lb 10oz

Weeks Gestation
27 weeks

Time spent in the NICU (Specify Number of Days, Months, or Years)
103 days

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