Her son was born at 25 weeks and spent 145 days in the NICU. When I was nearly 25 weeks pregnant, my colon ruptured. They warned that this would likely send me into early labor but said it would save my life. But our son would spend nearly five months — or 145 days — in the NICU. When Ryder was in the NICU, we still took monthly milestone pictures and dressed him up for holidays.

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