SPOKANE — Baby Asher Hansen, the micro-preemie son of Moses Lake parents Rosalie Black and James Hansen, faces revised surgery plans after new health setbacks in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Born Aug. 21, 2025, at 24 weeks gestation weighing just 1 pound, 1 ounce following his mother’s emergency life-flight from Moses Lake, Asher has battled chronic lung disease, pulmonary hypertension and other complications at a Spokane hospital. Now nearly 5 months old and weighing 9 pounds, 11 ounces, the infant showed progress with twice-daily breastfeeding sessions before Monday’s labs revealed elevated potassium levels and the need for increased respiratory support on high-flow oxygen at 5 liters per minute.
Rosalie Black shared Sunday on social media that Asher was set for a 4-in-1 procedure Wednesday — inguinal and umbilical hernia repairs, laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity and possibly a stomach G-tube for feeding — to minimize anesthesia exposure amid his lung issues. But Monday evening, she posted that doctors found an additional large inguinal hernia on his left side, shifting the plan to bilateral inguinal hernia repairs and laser eye surgery only, delaying other interventions…