As Tiny, a delicate 425-Gram Being, overcomes a difficult challenge, the room beams with joy. Tiny’s Indomitable Courage and Resolve Have Left an Indelible Mark on Everyone Lucky Enough to Meet This Exceptional Spirit After 460 Days of Trials.

Kendall Jurnakins is now a strong 15-month-old boy, so St. Vincent ‘s Hospital in Indianapolis celebrated his final return home with a huge party. The baby had to spend 460 days under medical supervision so his family could stay at a premature baby hospital for over a year. The little warrior was discharged on March 16, so most hospital staff paid their respects. “This moment was truly indescribable,” said premature birth unit head Dr. Taha Ban Saad. “This is a huge gift for us!” Kendall was born so small that a nurse carried him in her palm to the special incubator, where he spent his first year.

After birth, experts doubted the baby’s survival. Ben Saad predicted another 50-60% survival rate for the baby. “I was afraid the little one would not survive,” said Sparkle Jurnakins, 41, who added that Kendall was more exposed to various factors due to her serious illness. Kendall had several life-saving surgeries in his early life. Continuous lung ventilation was solved by tracheostomy. The mother’s health was also at due to the ⴇᴘɪᴅᴇᴍɪᴄ, as she was already in poor health due to the ⴠɪʀᴜs ɪɴꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ and potential complications. “The ⴠɪʀᴜs nearly drove me away.

I was comatose from August to October, the mother said. After the ordeal, the boy and his mother are stable enough to return home. “My sons said that this year they won’t ask us to go to Disneyland on their birthday, because the biggest gift is that we can finally take the little one home,” said the mother. Kendall’s transformation from a 425-gram preemie to a healthy 15-month-old boy was celebrated at St. Vincent ‘s Hospital in Indianapolis.

Kendall’s March 16 discharge marked a milestone for his dedicated staff and loving family after 460 days of medical care. Kendall’s chances of survival were uncertain from birth at 25 weeks. Kendall’s perseverance and the medical team’s dedication proved that miracles are possible. Doctors had predicted a 50-60% survival rate. Kendall’s mother, Sparkle Jurnakins, remembers her and uncertainty as her child faced many challenges, including a precarious respiratory condition and a .