Child's Birth Year
2024

State/Province/Territory
Illinois

NICU Hospital for my journey
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center - Peoria

My NICU Graduate's Journey
Vivi was born exactly two months early via emergency c-section weighing 2 lbs 8 oz and was 14.8 inches tall. She continued to amaze drs and do amazing in the NICU but was there for 86 days until she could get her feedings to 100%. After her tongue tie was fixed she came home a week later, a few days before she turned 3 months old!

What makes you proud of you NICU graduate?
For as early as our sweet girl came and as tiny as she was, Vivi is a strong girly. Everyday she amazed us by gaining weight, eating more, becoming more alert, and coming off oxygen. Just absolutely strived for being born at 31w3d. She was diagnosed with IUGR and before I had her was told she is in the smallest 5% of babies the dr had seen.

Weight at Birth (lbs. or Grams)
2lbs 8.9 oz

Weeks Gestation
31

Time spent in the NICU (Specify Day, Month, or Year)
86 days