HealthySteps, which supports families in pediatric clinics, looks to expand in NC

HealthySteps, which supports families in pediatric clinics, looks to expand in NC

By Jennifer Fernandez Jamestown resident Ashley Robinson’s third child arrived three months early. A micro-preemie, Milo weighed just 1 pound, 2.7 ounces, smaller than an average woman’s shoe. At 3 weeks old, he had his first surgery. Since then, he’s had at least seven others, including for repairs to his intestines and for glaucoma, a condition where the optic nerve is damaged, usually by pressure in the eye.  Like many babies born early, Milo…