Baby With ‘2 Percent Chance' to Live Graduates NICU in Cap and Gown
Cullen was born at 22 weeks on March 14 and weighed only 13.9 ounces.
Jason Duaine Hahn September 04, 2018
After spending the first 160 days of his life in the hospital, Cullen Potter has reached one of his first milestones: his “graduation†from the NICU.
Cullen — who was born at 22 weeks gestation on March 14, weighing 13.9 ounces — was released from the University of South Alabama Children’s and Women’s Hospital on August 21. For the special day, Cullen was dressed up in a cap and gown (borrowed from a Build-A-Bear doll) and carried through the hospital hallways by his nurse as “Pomp and Circumstance†played in the background.
The past five months have been an excruciatingly long wait for parents Molli and Robert Potter, who were initially told that Cullen would only have a 2 percent chance of living. If he did survive, they were told he could develop a slew of mental disabilities.
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