LOS ANGELES • At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor’s hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces — less than a soda can — she is among the smallest babies ever born in the world.
Most infants her size don’t survive, but doctors are preparing to send her home by New Year’s.
Melinda was born premature at 24 weeks in late August and spent the early months cocooned in an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit in Los Angeles. Almost every day, her 22-year-old mother sits at her bedside and stays overnight whenever she can.
Despite the hurdles, Melinda lived to her original Thursday due date. She is believed to be t (Salt Lake Tribune)
#### LOS ANGELES • At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into
the palm of her doctor’s hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces — less than a soda
can — she is among the smallest babies ever born in the world. Most infants
her size don’t survive, but doctors are preparing to send her home by New
Year’s.
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in late August and spent the early months cocooned in an incubator in the
neonatal intensive care unit in Los Angeles. Almost every day, her 22-year-old
mother sits at her bedside and stays overnight whenever she can. Despite the
hurdles, Melinda lived to her original Thursday due date. She is believed to
be the second-smallest baby to survive in the U.S. and third smallest in the
world. The day before, Haydee Ibarra caressed Melinda through the portholes of
the incubator where nurses pinned up a homemade sign bearing her name. Now 3 ½
months old and weighing 4 pounds, Melinda gripped Ibarra’s pinky finger and
yawned. “Melinda, Melinda,” she cooed at her daughter dressed in …
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