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Sean has had a long hard struggle, beginning with his being a "micropreemie" born at 25 weeks gestation, weighing only 1 pound 6 ounces (650 grams). Sean spent 81 days in NICU. During that time he started out on a ventilator, moved to c-pap, and finally a cannula. He also had to have hernia surgery at 6 weeks of age (31 weeks gestation).
Sean came home to us on Sunday, May 4, 1998. He came home with an NG-tube (for feedings), an apnea monitor, oxygen, and an oxygen monitor. The NG-tube he pulled out himself after about 2 weeks. He continued to feed well and gain weight, so it was left out. The apnea monitor was kept for several months. He stayed on oxygen for a year at home, and we still have the oxygen monitor, for those "just in case" times. He spent his first year home in the hospital every 6 weeks with pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses. This second year has been much better. He was in the hospital with pneumonia in October 1999, and not at all since then.
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Please check out
Sean's Photo Album
which is full of photos of Sean from birth through a couple days ago.
Sean's Links Page
is full of links to dozens of other preemies' homepages,
online preemie support groups, preemie products, and other sites.
Sean's Birth
is my own telling of my pregnancy and Sean's birth.
On the Stories, Poems, Etc.
page, there are many heartwarming stories and poems
that I have received via e-mail and wanted to share with you.
This site has received many
Awards
from other sites.
We love and cherish each and every one of them.
If you'd like to read our updates on Sean, please read the
Updates Page.
Sean's Story belongs to several
Webrings.
Please visit some of the other sites in the rings,
and sign their guestbooks.
Please feel free to
E-Mail Me
if you have any comments or questions,
or if you have a link you'd like me to add to our links page.
We absolutely love it when people
Sign Our Guestbook and
View Our Guestbook.
Please let us know you were here by signing.
Woman's World Magazine Story
Don't forget to read the story that was printed about Sean
in Woman's World Magazine in September, 1999.
The story was beautifully written by Dianne Gill.
Visit Sean's Angels and Miracles Page
to visit our
Angels and Miracles Webring.
learn about the tragedy that befell the family of Amy Boyer.
Pass her story on to those you love . . .
. . . don't her death be in vain!!
Photo By Anne Geddes