‘He handled it like a champ’; Staten Island baby born weighing just over 1 pound leaves hospital after 3 months

New York’s Staten Island. In time for his first Thanksgiving, baby Zayn Sefin, who was born weighing just over one pound, left the Staten Island University Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on November 20 after a three-month stay to return home.

At the Ocean Breeze NICU, Zayn, who was born on August 13 at 26 weeks gestation and weighed 630 grams, or 1 pound, 4 ounces, to Graniteville residents Megan, 33, and Abanoub (AB) Sefin, 29, received exceptional care.

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