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Former NICU patient reunites with his care team before heading to college
Drayton Brindisi was born at 23 weeks, weighing only 15 ounces. He spent more than five months in the NICU and recently returned before heading to college.
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What happenedDrayton Brindisi was born at 23 weeks, weighing only 15 ounces. He spent more than five months in the NICU and recently returned before heading to college.
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Center ·News report
Former NICU patient reunites with his care team before heading to college
Drayton Brindisi was born at 23 weeks, weighing only 15 ounces. He spent more than five months in the NICU and recently returned before heading to college.
Center ·News report
KING5 (Tegna, Seattle)27m ago
Former NICU patient reunites with his care team before heading to college
Drayton Brindisi was born at 23 weeks, weighing only 15 ounces. He spent more than five months in the NICU and recently returned before heading to college.
Center ·News report
WUSA9 (Tegna, Washington DC)44m ago
Former NICU patient reunites with his care team before heading to college
Drayton Brindisi was born at 23 weeks, weighing only 15 ounces. He spent more than five months in the NICU and recently returned before heading to college.
Center ·News report
KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis)55m ago
Former NICU patient reunites with his care team before heading to college
Drayton Brindisi was born at 23 weeks, weighing only 15 ounces. He spent more than five months in the NICU and recently returned before heading to college.
Center ·News report
Connecticut Children's smallest NICU patient returns 18 years later
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Defying the odds: that's what Drayton Brindisi did at Connecticut Children’s back in 2008. Now 18 years later, he and his family are reuniting with the care team th...