| ■ Doctors Extend Hospital Stay for Tiny Florida Baby | 07.02.26 |
| Doctors want a premature baby who was born sooner than any other surviving infant to remain in a Miami hospital for a few more days, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Earlier reports said Amillia Sonja Taylor was to be released after spending nearly four months hospitalized since her birth Oct. 24. A spokesman for Baptist Children's Hospital said she didn't know why doctors had changed their minds. Taylor spent less time in her mother's womb than any infant on record who had survived, the AP reported. At birth, she weighed less than 10 ounces and was just 9 1/2 inches long. Taylor was delivered less than 22 weeks after conception, and her doctors say she's the first baby to survive after fewer than 23 weeks gestation. Full-term births are normally 37 to 40 weeks, the wire service said. Amillia has had a host of problems -- ranging from a mild brain hemorrhage to digestion difficulties -- although none are expected to affect her in the long-term, the AP said. |