Child's Birth Year
2021

State/Province/Territory
Tennessee

NICU Hospital for my journey
East Tennessee Children's Hospital

My NICU Graduate's Journey
We have had a journey with Anakin since day 1. Anakin was born at 3:11pm on December 7th of 2021 and wouldn’t hold his own body temperature and blood sugar on his own. He was born at 35 weeks. They took him from us by ambulance that night. Now we recently got the diagnosis of Autism. He is so smart but has to grow still. He’s not the best being social and being around people when people we are around a lot he hides.

What makes you proud of you NICU graduate?
Anakin is so so smart for a 3 year old. He does simply addition and counts to 100 and counts by 10’s and so much more! He loves learning!
Anakin’s favorite thing is numbers and letters. He’s grown so much and accomplished so much so quick! We are super proud of him.

Weight at Birth (lbs. or Grams)
6 lbs

Weeks Gestation
35 Weeks

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