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Amillia Sonja Taylor, born at 21 weeks, six days, who weighed in at just under 10 ounces, and who, when fully stretched out, was 9 1/2 inches long, finally went home in February. She is among the youngest babies ever to survive.
As she approached her departure from The Baptist Children's Hospital in Miami, pictures of Amillia, born last October, created a stir on the Internet. One favorite was Amillia lying next to a ballpoint pen. She's about the length of a hair longer. Another shows a health care worker holding Amillia's itsy-bitsy feet.
She now tips the scales at a whopping 4 1/2 pounds.
Her parents appeared on Good Morning America (GMA). Eddie Taylor told GMA the name Amillia was chosen "to honor the spirit of their baby daughter."
"It means resilience," he said. "She fought for her life, she fought to be here. By the grace of God, she's here."
According to the GMA account, "Amillia was born with a mild brain hemorrhage, respiratory problems and digestive problems, but her doctor, William Smalling, said she showed a strong will to live."
"This baby showed signs of being viable at the time of delivery, which means she showed signs that she was mature enough to survive," Smalling told GMA. "She made efforts at breathing, [an] attempt to cry at birth. So when she was assessed at the delivery, she showed signs that she may have been mature enough to survive, and she proved us right."