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Barrett Brasfield was born 26 weeks premature on June 6, 2024

He spent the next 403 days in the NICU at two different hospitals, battling lung and other health issues

Barrett was finally discharged on July 14 of this year and is now home with his parents

When Barrett Brasfield grows up, his parents will have an interesting tale to tell him about how he spent his first year. After being born weighing just 1 lb. , he spent the next 403 days in two different hospitals' neonatal intensive care units before he was finally able to go home.

“He's adjusting better than us,” mom Carli tells PEOPLE. “It's been a whirlwind."

“Hopefully, he doesn't remember any of it," adds the 34-year-old nurse practitioner at UAB Hospital, before quipping, "and hopefully, after a lot of therapy,

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