After Benjamin Miller’s son Ward was born 14 weeks early, he chronicled his family’s journey home from the hospital in this emotional video.
The video begins when Benjamin's wife Lyndsey holds her firstborn child for the first time, four days after his birth.
Ward Miles Miller was 12 inches long and weighed 1 pound, 13 ounces when he was born, but dropped to 1 pound, 7 ounces in the following days.
Doctors discovered a clot in Lindsey's placenta 3 1/2 months before Ward's due date and decided that the baby needed to come out. He was born on July 16, 2012 at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio and immediately taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
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“One doctor told us straight up the first night that there was a 50/50 chance that he would be normal,” Benjamin said. “We definitely prayed and prayed.”
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After 107 days in the NICU, Ward's parents were finally able to bring him home.
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