'Don鈥檛 lose your faith': Baby born at 25 weeks heads home after months in a hospital
He weighed 1 pound, 12 ounces when he was born in February. Just two days before Christmas, he is finally going home.
He weighed 1 pound, 12 ounces when he was born in February. Just two days before Christmas, he is finally going home.
He weighed 1 pound, 12 ounces when he was born in February. Just two days before Christmas, he is finally going home.
Christmas time became extra special for one family this year.
The Skinner family has gone through the unimaginable. Their baby, Kyzer, has been in and out of the neonatal intensive care unit and the pediatric intensive care unit at Oklahoma Children's Hospital since February.
Just two days before Christmas, he is finally going home.
"He鈥檚 been through a lot more than anybody has been through in their life, and he鈥檚 10 months old," Katelyn Skinner, Kyzer's mom, said.
Kyzer was born at just 25 weeks, and he weighed 1 pound, 12 ounces.
"Whenever babies are born that early, their lungs aren鈥檛 fully developed. It makes it harder for them to breathe on their own," Amanda Page, a complex care pediatrician at Oklahoma Children's Hospital, said.
It has been a long road for his family, and Kyzer has been fighting for his life since he was born.
"He鈥檚 just been through so much. There are times when we didn鈥檛 think he was going to make it. I鈥檓 just so glad that he鈥檚 here," Katelyn Skinner said.
At 10 months old, Kyzer and his mom are finally headed home, just in time for his first Christmas.
"I鈥檓 so happy for him! I can鈥檛 wait for him to go home and live a normal life! A normal baby life," Katelyn Skinner said.
She also said she wants to share Kyzer's story for any other families who might be going through something similar.
"Just don鈥檛 lose your faith, because that鈥檚 the thing that keeps you going,鈥� Katelyn Skinner said.
