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"Preemie" Thomas Today!!

He no longer needs a CyberNursery

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Boy Scout Summer Camp 
 

Birth Statistics
  • 1 pound 10 ounces
    (.5 percentile)
  • Length: 13 inches
  • Birth date: 7/26/94
  • Due Date: 11/6/94
  • Hospital Discharge: 11/29/94
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Thomas turned 17 years old on July 26, 2011, and looks much older than he does in these pictures!   He was born 3-1/2 months premature in 1994, and cared for by the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. 

To look at him today, you would never know he was a preemie.  He is extremely interested in the trumpet and Boy Scouts.  He has a teenagers passion for video games and the Internet.  He has mostly outgrown his boys passion for trains - but there is always hope we'll finish that train layout in the attic one day.

Thomas is a high school junior for the 2011/2012 school year.  He is a proud member of the local award winning marching band in the fall - and the wind ensemble in the spring - both helping expand on his musical talents.

He is in the last stages of his Boy Scout career and working on his Eagle project in hope of becoming one of the 2% of Boy Scouts who earn the top rank of "Eagle Scout".

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Early NICU Picture - Thomas on the respirator (click for more)

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Thomas' NICU Story In 12 Installments

Tommy's father chronicles Tommy's stay in the NICU and the experience of being an NICU parent.  NICU parents who read these pages may take comfort knowing others have gone through the preemie experience and have moved on.

1) An Abruption at Twenty-five Weeks (1994)

2) Thomas in the NICU

3) Life in the NICU

4) Tommy Gets Off the Respirator

5) Thomas Extubates Himself

6) Four Months is a Long Time

7) Thomas Learns to Breast Feed

8) The Waiting Game Continues

9) Thomas Comes Home!

10) Life at Home With O2 and Monitors  

11) Epilogue (from 1997) 

12) Kindergarten (2000)

 

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