Read the latest positive news, breakthroughs, and inspiring stories about premature baby, curated daily by BrightWire.
A baby born weighing less than a can of soda, with skin as thin as a cicada's wing, has defied medical odds in China. Little Zebao left the hospital healthy after more than three months of intensive care.
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A premature baby weighing less than a loaf of bread beat the odds with help from generous blood donors in Nelson Mandela Bay. One year later, little Eli Theron is thriving.
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Born three months early and weighing less than a loaf of bread, baby Eli Theron needed eight blood transfusions to survive. One year later, he's crawling, standing, and thriving because strangers in South Africa chose to donate blood.
Stihl Wagner spent his first 100 days in the NICU, born at just 2 pounds. Now 18, he returned to thank the nurses who saved his life.
A stranger in Samoa bought two months of formula and supplies for a struggling family after reading their story in a local newspaper. The Good Samaritan not only delivered the gifts but drove the mother and sick baby home from the hospital.
Madison Kennedy spent the first four months of her life fighting to survive in a NICU, knowing her nurse only as "Janine" through hands in old photos. Last week, she finally found and thanked Janine Buggle, the nurse who her family credits with saving her life.
