Baby born on Independence is back home in Utah !

[SRQfireman]

It's amazing this baby lived after being born 3 months premature.....but it's back home

http://news.yahoo.com/premature-baby-born-cruise-ship-arrives-home-utah-164626766.html

[SherriZ366]

Good to hear. Hope he continues to do well.

[BeagleOne]

The article says neither of his parents were on the flight with him. I wonder why?

[kandj05]

The article says neither of his parents were on the flight with him. I wonder why?

 

One reason may be....

 

The helicopters have a weight limit and I bet they ensured they had all the necessary medical staff in place first.

[kandj05]

I can tell you Baby Haiden is now at an excellent local hospital!

[BeagleOne]

One reason may be....

 

The helicopters have a weight limit and I bet they ensured they had all the necessary medical staff in place first.

 

They weren't on a helicopter, they were on a private jet.

[BeagleOne]

I can tell you Baby Haiden is now at an excellent local hospital!

 

Good, I hope he continues to progress well. He certainly got off to a rough start.

[cincicruisers]

Great news

[gagirl7143]

Didn't this happen a while back not recently?

[alaska_planner]

wow the baby was transported to utah for free!!! that's incredible that the medevac operators offered their services for free. It often costs $25,000+ to medevac a patient and i would guess a premie is the costliest of all to transport.

That's very nice of them!!

Edited November 23, 2015 by alaska_planner

[cruisevv]

Didn't this happen a while back not recently?

 

Nope, apparently he was born on the August 31st cruise, they hauled tail to port, and he was flown to a hospital care center in Florida. They haven't been able to take him home to Utah until this week.

 

And they weren't all sure he'd get there before X-mas: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/premature-baby-born-cruise-ship-arrives-home-utah-35356191

[davekathy]

I can tell you Baby Haiden is now at an excellent local hospital!

 

Agree.

[Beachammo]

We took the Indy cruise the next week and that's all the crew was talking about.

 

So glad the baby is doing well......

Edited November 23, 2015 by Beachammo

[dcgrumpy]

I was on that cruise. I'm glad to hear that he is finally in Utah.

[reallyitsmema]

The article says neither of his parents were on the flight with him. I wonder why?

 

I saw a report on the news about this and it had footage of them loading the baby in an incubator onto the airplane. There was probably not enough space for the parents. There was lots of medical staff and equipment.