I’m an adult micro preemie survivor, born in the Fall of 1986. I’ve overcome challenging obstacles from deadly diseases and infections that could’ve killed me in an instant when I was an infant. I spent my residency in the NICU for 212 days. After I went home, I was immediately greeted by therapists when we got home. My parents put me on a school bus at two so I wouldn’t fall back mentally. When I was five, I needed to have scar revision surgery due to a keloid from an infected IV site. After the surgery was completed, I had PTSD. Throughout my childhood & adolescence, I had a number of doctor appointments. During my adulthood, I met the doctor who delivered me, he told me that he tells my story to all of his patients. I’m also in very close contact with my NICU doctor & nurses from Baystate Hospital.
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