Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children recently introduced a new type of twin cot into its neonatal intensive care unit. Both sides of the cot can accommodate each twin's individual needs, while also allowing easy access for parents and hospital staff, without having to separate the twins.
The first set of twins to benefit from the new cot were Macie and Marcus Lee. Macie weighed 2lbs at birth, while her brother Marcus was only 1lb 3oz.
Their parents Jennifer Prior and Darren Lee were told at their 20 week ultrasound that the twins were not likely to make it to viability and if they did would have little chance of survival. But the twins defied the odds by making it to the 29 week mark.
Mom, Jennifer, told SWNS,
Being told the worst was likely to happen then for the complete opposite felt like a miracle took place. I'll never forget the feeling of thinking I wouldn't leave without my babies. I was there day and night since the day they were born just hoping someone would give me some hope and confirmation they would survive.
Someone definitely heard our prayers and, as time went on, they only thrived more and more with very little complications.
The twins spent the first 12 weeks of their lives in the NICU as the first pair to use the newly designed cot, and the two graduated from the NICU together and are now home and thriving, still side-by-side, like twins are meant to be.
A nurse at the hospital told the Hospital Charity,
This cot has been a brilliant addition to the unit. It gives us the flexibility to care for twins in a way that's safe, practical, and centered around the babies' individual needs.
This is the kind of medical advancement I think we can all get behind.
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