Amy121206:Hi there congrats on both your babies and glad to hear they are doing great now....this board is kinda slow but we all usually pop in now and again!! My son Keegan was born at 24 weeks due to placenta abrubtion and spent 135 days in the NICU. He just turned two on August 30th. He weighed 1 pound 12 ounces when he was born and now we're up to almost 19 pounds and 31 inches long. He has had alot of health problems the past two years including 15 surgeries. He also has Hirschsprung's disease which adds on to the fact that it's hard for him to put on weight!! These past three months are the first time ever that we haven't even had to make an ER trip!! Woo hoo He gets four therapies a week including physical, occupational, developmental, and speech!!! He's got alot of catching up to do but his smile makes everything in the world just right!! Good luck with everything!
Holy smoke! That's my son Brendon's birthday, too, and he also had an abruption. But his was hidden and we didn't know anything was wrong until I was in labor, and he was a 37 1/2 weeker, so not even a preemie. But he was 4 lbs 14 oz due to IUGR, and now they think he has ASD (Autism Spectrum). But I can't help but wonder if it's delays from the IUGR.
Thank God he's healthy, though - I couldn't imagine all those surgeries. I'm glad he's doing better now.