Baby born weighing 11 ounces makes it home

“I don’t know if Connor would've survived today if it wasn't for the doctors and nurses. They really are superheroes in the NICU.” Jamie Florio, of Danbury

DANBURY — Connor Florio, who weighed less than 11 ounces when he was born last summer, is finally home with his parents in the city.

He was born, according to the Washington Post, on July 13, 2018, at 26 weeks at Westchester Medical Center in New York. He was born through an emergency caesarean section and weighed 310 grams. He was transferred to the NICU at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital.

After his birth, doctors told his parents, Jamie and John Florio, that he might not survive. Still, his father told Good Morning America he was “cautiously optimistic.”

The trio live in Danbury.

Connor Florio spent 270 days in the hospital. He was discharged from Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, N.Y., on Tuesday.

“He’s doing really well,” John Florio told Good Morning America. “He’s still on a couple of medications and oxygen. He’s very playful, calm — he doesn’t cry very much. He loves people watching and so far he doesn’t mind getting licked by the dog.”

Beyond just medical care, Connor Florio received physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and feeding therapy, according to a statement provided by Dr. Dennis Davidson, unit chief for the Infant & Toddler Unit at Blythedale Children’s Hospital, to Good Morning America.

Today, Connor Florio weighs in at 10 pounds and 10 ounces and is home in Danbury with his family.

“It's really nice to be our own little family in almost 9 months,” Jamie Florio told Good Morning America. “I don't know if Connor would've survived today if it wasn't for the doctors and nurses. They really are superheroes in the NICU.”