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Daily Archives: November 22, 2012
NICU: One Day at a Time
Zoe was smaller than I imagined. She had weighed 1 pound 9 ounces at birth (720 grams) but had now lost around 15 percent of her weight. She looked like the babies in the “How your baby grows” brochure, except … Continue reading
Posted in NICU, premature birth
Tagged NICU, NICU heart surgery, PDA ligation, preemie
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