River Wilson, who was born four months premature in November, spent 169 days at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was considered what is called a micro-preemie because
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River Wilson spent the first 169 days of his life in the
neonatal intensive care unit at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
in Winston-Salem because he was born premature. The hospital has
the regionâs only Level IV NICU, which has experts who provide
specialized care for babies born as young as 22 weeks gestational
age, the hospital said.
GREENSBORO â He came into this world a few centimeters shorter than an average-sized Barbie doll. His mother couldnât hold him for the first month of his life. Thirty-two days to be exact.
The medical term is micro-preemie for babies born before 26 weeks gestation or weighing less than 1 pound, 12 ounces, although to parents Jessica and Hayden Wilson, their River â at 1 pound, 11 ounces â was just a tinier bundle of preciousness.
Twirling her way to a trim figure! Mom-of-two, 26, who has struggled with her weight since age 14 manages to shed 116LBS in months by POLE DANCING - after years of failed yo-yo diets
Jessica Wilson, from New Brunswick, Canada, started struggling with her weight at an early age - and was encouraged to join a dieting program at age 14
She was promised that the clean eating diet would help her to find balance, but instead Jessica says it sparked a decade of yo-yo dieting and disordered eating
Her weight got so out of control that by the time she got pregnant with her first child, doctors suggested that her baby wouldn t be healthy because of her size