Wow - That was six months ago?! How'd that happen? She's gorgeous!!

AWWWWW Kylah! She is just beautiful! So how long will she have the oxygen? I know babies born that early have more long term situations. My cousins baby was on oxygen till she was 2 years old. BUT she also had a trach.. so that was a bit different.

She's beautiful!

Wow she is beautiful. I just read most of the story. What a miracle!

They aren't sure how long she'll be on the O2 but they do say she has and always will have chronic lung disease...from the respirator early on. The O2 is a really low flow so that's good too! I also can't believe she's 6 months. She looks so normal! LOL She's a great baby too. She still isn't a great eater, but she is still gaining and they're happy with that. Overall, she's wonderful!

Awwww - she is beautiful! And truly a miracle. Im so happy to hear she is doing well.

Thanks for the update! She is a real beauty!

Sooo...yes, this thread is well over 2 years old BUT I just finally saw the video March of Dimes did featuring my brother and his family so I thought I'd share (for those of you that remember or had been following the story):




and.....here's Ally just the other day!

Oh wow. She's adorable. :) I'm glad everything worked out for you all.

She is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. All the way from the beginning...just BEAUTIFUL. Is she off oxygen now?

Awww

Kylah I saw them at Home Depot a few weeks ago and you would never know what a rough start they had. Beautiful family!

Aww, what a darling little girl!

She is just precious!!

She is absolutely precious!

Oh, Kylah! She is beautiful! My oldest daughter was born at 32 weeks and had 1/4 of her lung removed at a week old. She has cerebral palsy and didn't walk until she was 18 months old and they told us that she would always have breathing issues and she would not be able to run, would get winded easily and that she would get bronchitis frequently. They said that she would have learning disabilities and that she would need a lot of extra care. BUT! She is an amazing little girl. Cheerleader, soccer player, flag football player, straight A student, smart as a whip and has an I can do anything you can do attitude. You would NEVER know that she has any issues at all.
Your niece is beautiful and you can tell just from the photo that she is a smart, spunky, sweet little girl!
Thank you for sharing her story with us!

Spunky is a great word. LOL She's been off oxygen for about a year but she's had to have tubes in her ears, her tonsils out and a surgery to enlarge her trachea all in the last few months. She also has horrible sleep apnea. Otherwise, she's in great health!

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Omg that baby is amazingly cute!...I had some issues when I was preggo and was hospitalized off and on for the last 3 months but always went back home I had twins but lost one early on and they were afraid I would lose the second but he ended up being born late and is a big ol beast now. God bless lil ally she will be a lil beastling before you know it!

I've had tubes in my ears, had my adnoids removed (nose tonsils), and have sleep apnea still and I'm still good. It's all little minor things that will lessen as she grows up but may always be there. But she's beautiful and from her history she's a fighter.

She is beautiful I read this story and watched the video and I cried my eyes out when I saw how wonderful she has grown I didn't know about this at first mainly bc I wasn't a member in 09 but she is amazing your family and yourself are wonderfully, strong people! Shell grow up and be something amazing you can tell by looking at her photo how wonderfully blessed you all are! Wonderful Amazing story! And I wish you all the best through everything. I'm also really glad your other niece got her 9th birthday party the photo of the two of them together is georagous!!

So glad everything is working out!!!

Wow,she is absolutely stunning. What a beautiful little girl, inside and out.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Ally!!! Still amazed....

Awe....
Prayer prayer and more prayers :-)
Never stop calling her peanut - that is a sweet name for Uncle Kyro to use :-)

...or AUNT Kyro. LOL

Awww, I can tell you're a proud uncle, Kylah! Happy Birthday Ally!!!

Kylah is an uncle?

If so, I have a lot of explaining to do to my husband.

Well u did just chop off several inches of hair....maybe therein lies the confusion.

Good point...

Just post a pic......there will be no confusion....ur beautiful.