Micro-preemie heads home after spending nearly 5 months in NICU on Long Island

Micro-preemie heads home after spending nearly 5 months in NICU on Long Island

Trinity Alexandria Rose weighed less than two pounds when she was born in April, and now weighs 11.5 pounds after being discharged from the NICU.

‘Hakuna Matata’: Micro-Preemie Goes Home After 146 Days In New York NICU

Born weighing less than two pounds and more than three months early, a Long Island baby has defied the odds and finally gone home after nearly five months in the NICU.Trinity Alexandria Rose was born at just 26 weeks in April, weighing only 1 pound, 14 ounces. Doctors at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre called her a “micro-preemie,” one of the most fragile categories of newborns.Delivered while still in the amniotic sac—a del…