FORT WORTH, Texas — After more than three months apart, the Halvorson family is finally under one roof.

On Monday, baby Hudson Halvorson, born 13 weeks premature and weighing just 1 pound, 9 ounces, was discharged from the NICU at Texas Health Resources (THR) Alliance after 112 days.

Waiting at the door was his father, Fort Worth firefighter Caleb Halvorson , just home himself after 34 days at Parkland Hospital’s burn unit in Dallas.

It’s a reunion that seemed impossible only weeks ago.

Hudson, whose original due date was Sept. 14, became both the smallest baby and the longest NICU stay on record at THR Alliance. Meanwhile, Caleb, 26, was fighting for his life after being severely injured in a Mayday incident on Sept. 3 , when a garage collapsed on him while he battled a house fire

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