MOBILE, Ala. (WHDH) — A newborn given a two percent chance of survival graduated from the University of South Alabama Children’s & Women’s Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit in style.
Cullen Potter was born at 22 weeks and two days, weighing a little less than 14 ounces.
Doctors told his parents that he had a low chance of surviving and would be disabled if he did live.
Potter beat the odds and now weighs 5 pounds and 11 ounces.
He was discharged from the hospital after receiving a graduation ceremony.
His mother bought Potter a tiny cap and gown at a Build-A-Bear store, which he wore as a nurse carried him through the hallway.
“Pomp and Circumstance,” the well-known graduation song, played as hospital staff admired Potter.
A baby boy born at 22 weeks in our Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) recently “graduated.” We love the cap and gown! pic.twitter.com/eWnl9cxBmg
— USA C&W Hospital (@USACWHospital) August 24, 2018
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