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A preemie weighing less than 2 lbs. stayed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in Long Island for 146 days

On Sept. 17, the baby girl left the hospital with her relieved parents to the applause of her care team

The proud mom said she felt a "mix of every emotion" taking her little girl home

Born a “micro preemie” at 26 weeks, a baby girl had a cheering entourage as she left a Long Island hospital after 146 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

On Wednesday, Sept. 17, LaTashia Morris and David Taylor carried their daughter, Trinity Alexandria Rose Taylor, out of Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre to the sounds of “Hakuna Matata” from Disney’s The Lion King — the song that nurses played by her crib daily during her nearly five-m

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