A miracle measured in ounces… and in courage.

When she entered the world at just 26 weeks—weighing 1 pound, 13 ounces, barely the size of a ketchup packet—no one knew what her future would hold. Born through an emergency C-section during a terrifying battle with preeclampsia, she spent 103 days in the NICU, fighting through every complication tiny bodies shouldn’t have to endure.

But she kept fighting.
Fighting to breathe.
Fighting to grow.
Fighting to stay.

And today—years later—she stands proudly in her first-grade classroom, smiling in her backpack, full of life, laughter, and determination… even playing hockey with zero lasting health issues.

None of this would be possible without the quiet heroes of the NICU—the physicians, support teams, and especially the nurses who held hope when her parents’ hands trembled.

From one pound to pure strength… she is living proof that miracles grow.