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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 13 years old on July 26, 2007. 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 sports, especially little league
baseball. He has a boys passion for video games, enjoys
spending time with his friends from school, and continues to be
interested in trains, although Brio trains have long been replaced by Lionel
trains.
Thomas is in the 7th grade and is an honor
roll student.
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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