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Against all odds: World’s most premature baby survives first year

Meet Richard Scott William Hutchinson who was born in June 2020. According to the Daily Mail, Richard weighed less than one pound (11.9 ounces) and was born at 21 weeks. He was so small he could fit in the palm of a hand.

The parents were told that baby Richard had no chance of survival.

Fast forward to June 5, 2021: Baby Richard just celebrated his first birthday!

Richard is now officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s most premature baby to survive after birth, having been born 131 days premature.

During Richard’s first year of life, his parents Beth and Rick had many struggles to navigate, especially with the pandemic. From the the Daily Mail article:

“Rick and Beth traveled one hour every day from their home in Somerset, Wisconsin, to Minneapolis to visit their son.

‘The first month they weren’t even sure he was going to make it,’ Beth told Guinness. It was really hard. You know in the back of your mind that his odds weren’t great.’  

Richard slowly gained strength every day and, in December 2020, his parents were told he could go home after six months spent in the NICU. 

He is still on oxygen, is monitored with a pulse oximeter machine 24/7 and still requires some meals through a feeding tube, but he is making progress. ‘We are working on getting him off all of them, but it takes time. He has come a long way and is doing amazing,’ Beth said.

‘He is a very happy baby. Always has a smile on the adorable little face of his. His bright blue eyes and smile get me every time.”

Read this family’s whole story here.

So glad Baby Richard beat the odds!

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Friday Funnies!

TGIF!

And just ‘cuz I think he’s hilarious, I give you Walter Geoffrey the Frenchie and his all-time meltdown!

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Horse steals the show at maternity photo shoot!

Meet “Buckshot” and his owners. Buckshot decided to have some fun at this maternity photo shoot!

Too funny!

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“You really are what America is all about”

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Weekend Liftoff: Hockey crowd goes all in on the National Anthem

Happy Friday!

Let’t head into the weekend with this uplifting moment, shall we?

The woman singing the National Anthem is a singer, writer and actress by the name of  Nicole Raviv.

This happened at a hockey game in Long Island.

Such a great way to head into the weekend!

h/t Right Scoop

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Thursday funnies!

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Applying for a Southern card…

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Monday funnies!

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Sunday Smiles: Lots of cute doggies!

https://youtu.be/VXwxUN_lzrU

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Meet the Hercules Beetle

Thanks goodness we don’t have these in Oklahoma!

The Hercules Beetle is found in the rainforests of Central and South America and is one of the largest flying insects in the world. For obvious reasons, they are also known as the rhinoceros beetle.

Male Hercules beetles can be up to 7 inches in length, including the horns.  They can carry up to 100 times their body mass. And apparently some people keep Hercules beetles as pets! Hard pass on that for me…

Check this guy out:

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