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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 14 years old on July 26, 2008. 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
continues to be interested in trains, although it is one of many
little boy passions that has faded as he has grown.
Thomas begins 8th grade in September.
He spent much of 7th grade on the honor
roll.
Thomas in the NICU (1994)
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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.
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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
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