MINEOLA, Long Island (WABC) — Doctors at NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island celebrated a tiny miracle on Wednesday as baby Shyne Graham finally went home.
Shyne was born six months ago, at just 24 weeks and three days premature, weighing only one pound, 11 ounces. She faced severe challenges, needing to breathe through a tube and battling three infections, including E. coli and strep throat.
After 147 days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Shyne is now fully healed and ready to go home to Baldwin, Nassau County.
“Shyne now weighs almost 10 pounds and is a chubby baby,” said her mom, Phaebe Turner. “God has given us a blessing. Shyne is fine.”
To mark this significant milestone, NICU nurse manager Lashon Pitter organized a graduation ceremony, complete with caps and gowns, celebrating Shyne’s progress.
“This is a testament to modern medicine and the perseverance of a tiny baby and a mother who never gave up,” Pitter said. “To see babies that start off as small as your hand and grow into normal-sized babies is amazing.”
Turner expressed her gratitude and amazement at her daughter’s recovery. “She was intubated for months, and I didn’t get to hold her for almost two months. To see her now, blossoming and big enough to finally come home, is truly a blessing.”
The homecoming was bittersweet for Turner, who lost her first child to a miscarriage on Mother’s Day in 2022.
