
The tiny girl slowly gained weight in the neonatal inten- sive care unit. “I kept telling them she’s not going to survive, she’s only 23 weeks,” the mother said. She said she was taken to the hospi- tal after not feeling well and was told she had preeclampsia, a serious condi- tion that causes skyrocketing blood pressure, and that the b aby needed to b e delivered quickly. In the video produced by the hospi- tal, the mother described the birth as the scariest day of her life. The hospital said the girl officially weighed 7 grams less than the previ- ous tiniest baby, who was born in Ge rmany in 2015. But “we cannot rule out even smaller infants who have not been reported to the Registry,” he said in an email to The Associated Pre ss. Edward Bell, a professor of pedi- atrics at the University of Iowa, said Saybie had the lowest medically con- firmed birth weight submitted to the registry. They allowed the girl to go by the name that nurses called her: “Saybie.” Her ranking as the world’s smallest baby ever to survive is according to the Tiniest Baby Registry maintained by the University of Iowa. The baby’s family gave permission to share the story but wanted to stay anonymous, the hospital said.

More than five months have passed, and she has gone home as a healthy infant, weighing 5 pounds (2 kilo- grams). “Bu t th at hour turned into two hours, which turned into a day, which turned into a wee k,” t he mother said in a video released by Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns. Doctors to ld her father af ter the birth t hat he would have about an hour with his daughter before she died. The girl was born 23 wee ks and three days into her mother’s 40-week preg- nancy. 6 ounces (245 grams) when s he was born in December. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is b elieved to be the world ’s tiniest surviving micro-pre emie, who weighed just 8. SAN DIEGO - When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. “This is where adult issues are meddling and interfering with the ability to attain quality public education for all,” said Sanchez, who was in Kemp’s camp and believed her departure is a loss for the school system.

Conversely, while Tru stee Henry Sanchez held a different opinion on Kemp’s tenure, he also suggested infighting motivated Kemp to consider other jobs. “She’s actually moving onto greener pas- tures and doesn’t have to deal with a board such as ours,” s aid T rustee Jennifer Blanco, who has long disagreed w ith Kem p and laud- ed her decision to resign. While a prepared state- ment from Kemp sug- gested the intrigue of leading a much larger school sys tem w as too good an opportunity to pass up, most trustees acknowledged other factors likely fueled her decision. Kemp unexpectedly announced Friday, May 24, a decision to resign from her post after the school year in favor of taking a similar posi- tion at the Santa Clara Unified School District. A majority of the San Bruno Park Elementary School District Board of Tr ustees agreed dysfunction, disagreeme nts and personality rifts among officials con- tributed to the abrupt departure of Super intendent Stel la Kemp.
