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In September 2024, a kindergarten teacher gave birth to a baby boy who weighed 1 lb., 1 oz.

Over his first month and a half of life, baby Gabriel’s oxygen levels plummeted so much that he almost died three times

Finally, after 350 days in the NICU, he was able to go home — and his mom tells PEOPLE she couldn't be happier

Nearly a year after giving birth to a baby boy who was born weighing just over 1 lb., his parents were finally able to bring him home from the hospital.

Their preemie almost died multiple times while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and still requires round-the-clock care, so the couple relocated from Tennessee to Mississippi to be closer to medical facilities — but they say upending their lives was well worth the sacrifice.

“We took him on his

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