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Most premature baby celebrates his 1st birthday with a Guinness World Record
POLK COUNTY, IOWA, JUL 25 – Nash Keen survived extreme medical challenges after being born 133 days early, spending over six months in NICU at University of Iowa, now thriving with ongoing care.
- Nash Keen was born extremely prematurely at exactly 21 weeks on July 5, 2024, at a medical center in Iowa and defied the odds to survive.
- Doctors said the chance of survival at 21 weeks was zero based on current technology, but Nash's family and care team resolved to beat those odds.
- Nash was born weighing just 10 ounces and spent close to seven months hospitalized in the NICU, during which he underwent four surgeries and required continuous oxygen and daily medications.
- Guinness World Records named Nash the most premature baby survivor after he turned one year old on July 5, 2025, with his father calling him "such a miracle."
- Nash’s story offers hope to other families facing extreme prematurity, while doctors emphasize the NICU as a national treasure supporting such rare survivals.
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A child born in Iowa is celebrating his first birthday and was declared the youngest premature baby ever by Guinness World Records. Nash Keen weighed just 10 ounces, about the same as a bar of soap, when he entered the world at 21 weeks of gestation on July 5, 2024. The formerly tiny newborn, nicknamed “Nash Potato,” is now thriving and hitting milestones after spending six months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the University of I…
US Boy Born at Just 21 Weeks Sets Guinness World Record For ‘Most Premature Baby’ - News Addicts
An Iowa infant born at just 21 weeks has officially become the most premature baby to survive in recorded history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Nash Keen was born on July 5, 2024, a full 133 days before his due date, weighing only 10 ounces at birth. This month, he celebrated his […] The post US Boy Born at Just 21 Weeks Sets Guinness World Record For ‘Most Premature Baby’ appeared first on News Addicts.
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