Amazing Care Lets Little Dominic
Lead the Big Life 

Dominic was born on November 17, 2006, at Waukesha Memorial Hospital as a micro-preemie, a mere 12 inches long - with an 11 percent chance of survival. Thus began the first of 91 days in the Level 3 Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with a team of caregivers who treated Dominic like one of their own. "This was the best place Dominic could be," says Amy. "The doctors and nurses gave him excellent care, working together beautifully. They're so special and unique, and treat all babies as miracles."

Amy says Dominic looked like a normal baby at birth, just much smaller, with fingernails and a full head of hair. Breathing was Dominic's biggest challenge in the months of struggles that lie ahead. He also endured several surgeries, including heart surgery, which was performed in the NICU because he was too fragile to transfer.

Today at age two, Dominic has no cognitive delays, he's almost caught up in size, eating like a horse, running around the house at full speed - and not looking back.

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