![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/adorable-graduation-for-22-week-premature-twins-who-had-10-chance-of-surviving-go-home/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Adorable-graduation-held-for-22-week-premature-twins-who-beat-the-odds-to-go-home.jpg&description=Kimyah and DJ were born suddenly last October and were so small they could each fit into the palm of their mother's hands and even the tiniest nappies available were too big for them An adorable 'graduation' was held for a pair of twins born at just 22 weeks who had only a small chance of survival. Kimyah and DJ were given odds of just 10% to live when they arrived in October. The siblings - the smallest nurses on the ward have ever seen - could even fit in mother Kimberly Thomas' hands. But miraculously they battled through and were allowed home on February 27 of this year after approximately four months in. Staff at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio held a 'graduation' for the family to celebrate the special moment. The cute pair, now both 11 months, were given gowns and mortarboards to mark the occasion. Kimberly said: 'I was super excited when I found out they were able to come home." For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US While nurse Becky Stuart said: "It was a huge celebration. During their time in the NICU [intensive care], I treated them as if they were my own children. I love them like I love my own girls and formed a bond with them that will stick with me forever.' Kimberly, 25, from Bedford, Ohio, says she first knew something was wrong when she started leaking amniotic fluid, which protects the foetus during pregnancy. She called her doctor, who found she was already in labour - and four centimetres dilated. At just over five months pregnant, Kimberly was told her twins had a slim chance of survival. Once the twins were delivered they were immediately resuscitated and intubated. The nurses there said they could fit each twin in the palm of their hands and the even smallest-size nappies were still too big for them. Sara Perrin said: 'These were the smallest babies I had ever seen, much less taken care of. I had to learn how to adapt to their size while caring for them. It was quite challenging.' Kimberly was u){kind=link}
Kimyah and DJ were born suddenly last October and were so small they could each fit into the palm of their mother’s hands and even the tiniest nappies available were too big for them
An adorable ‘graduation’ was held for a pair of twins born at just 22 weeks who had only a small chance of survival.
Kimyah and DJ were given odds of just 10% to live when they arrived in October. The siblings – the smallest nurses on the ward have ever seen – could even fit in mother Kimberly Thomas’ hands. But miraculously they battled through and were allowed home on February 27 of this year after approximately four months in. Staff at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio held a ‘graduation’ for the family to celebrate the special moment.
The cute pair, now both 11 months, were given gowns and mortarboards to mark the occasion. Kimberly said: “I was super excited when I found out they were able to come home.”
For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US