Preemie Twin Who Lost Her Brother at Birth Survives, Heads Home After 408 Days in Hospital

Preemie Twin Who Lost Her Brother at Birth Survives, Heads Home After 408 Days in Hospital
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A premature baby girl who lost her twin brother just hours after being born has proved to be a fighter. Having survived, she’s heading home with her mom and dad after 14 months in the hospitals.

Baby Ada Laurel Mesnard weighed just 1 pound (approx. 0.45 kg) when, at just 23 weeks, she was delivered at New York’s Vassar Brothers Medical Center in February 2020. Her brother, Weston, passed away 16 hours after birth.