September is Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Awareness Month, a time to support families with babies in the NICU and the healthcare workers taking care of them.
In our Oklahoma's Own Focus on Kids, we're getting an inside look at the NICU at Hillcrest Medical Center to see the treatment the tiniest of patients get.
Chip was born at 25 weeks, and he weighed less than one pound. He's receiving around-the-clock care in the NICU at Hillcrest Medical Center.
"He has actually been with us for nine weeks, and he is a little rock star," said Alex Richards, a NICU nurse.
His care team says Chip might be small, but he is mighty.
"He had less than a 10 percent chance of survival due to the fact that we didn't even know if the equipment was even going to fit," said Richards.
This is her 16th year w