The newborn arrived so early that the outer layer of her skin didn’t fully develop, and her eyes were fused closed at birth
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- One micropreemie defied all odds at birth, becoming the smallest surviving baby born at a California hospital
- Noel Creamer’s daughter Meadow weighed less than 1 lb. when she was born at John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center
- The newborn arrived so early that the outer layer of her skin didn’t fully develop, and her eyes were fused closed at birth
One micropreemie defied all odds at birth, becoming the smallest surviving baby born at a California hospital.
Noel Creamer’s daughter Meadow weighed less than 1 lb. when she was born at John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center in Walnut Creek, Calif. The newborn arrived so early that the outer layer of her skin didn’t fully develop, and her eyes were fused closed at birth. The loving mom told NBC Bay Areathat looking at her little one was “almost like seeing a kitten.”
“It was almost like seeing a kitten, because kittens are born with their eyes closed,” Creamer said. “So, I kind of call her my little kitten.”…