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Amandi Omokore-Allen was born at Ascension Seton Medical Center in January at just 23 weeks, a week after his twin brother passed away in the womb. Amandi weighed only 1 pound, 5 ounces and had a long NICU journey ahead of him. After 115 days, he defied all odds and graduated from the NICU at six months old, two months after his due date. “Amandi is just extraordinary,” said Sami Smith, a neonatal nurse practitioner at Pediatrix® Neonatology of Texas. “He was very little like his mom describes. He was just a little over and pound, and he required, like most babies of his age and size at 23 weeks, breathing support and he did need a ventilator after that first 24-hour period of doing all the work on his own. He was tired and needed a ventilator to help support his breathing. Amandi was a fighter. I remember him throughout his care, he always had his eyes open bright.”
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