My precious baby girl was born at 27 weeks. She fought everyday to stay alive. She was in the NICU in Pittsburgh for 71 days and is finally
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Learn MoreMiss Oakley was known as the "feisty" baby in the NICU. Feisty means fighter while those babies are in there fighting everyday. I'm in tears as I'm writing this. She is only almost 3 months old so we haven't got a lot of her personality yet. She is and will always be mommy and daddy's little fighter! Her willingness to live speaks for anything anyone needs to know about her.
What are Oakley Gutshall's favorite activities?Oakley is a typical little munchkin. She sleeps, eats and poops! She's not to fond of bath time yet, but she's only been home with us for about two weeks. She loves kisses from her mama on her raspberry mark on her forehead. We all love her so much and there was a pray chain from Pennsylvania all the way to Alaska for this baby girl to have the strength to live. She's loved by so many people that don't even know her or me because of her strength!
How would $25,000 impact your family?Honestly if my family won the grand prize it would help us more than I could ever explain. Her dad and I both own houses and with her being in Pittsburgh all summer I knocked down my hours at work as a vet tech and if anyone knows we don't make much but put our whole heart into the job. Right after I took off for the rest of my maternity leave I was wrongfully terminated from my job. So I am at home with her with another 13 year old daughter while her dad works full-time trying to take care of u
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