'It was the best day of my life.'
"All of them were there. Some of [the staff] were off and they even took the day to come in. So I just felt the love and I think not just for us, but for my kid, which is the most important thing," Alvarado recalled.Baby Giorgio, pictured with his mom Estefania Alvarado,"graduated" from the neonatal intensive care unit at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis on Feb. 28, 2023.Alvarado and her partner Richard Fabsits welcomed Giorgio on Aug. 22, 2022.
"Another doctor came in because my doctor was going to leave and she checked me and she was like, 'Oh my gosh.' She's like, 'You're not going home.' She's like, 'You're dilated three centimeters already,'" Alvarado said. According to his dad, Giorgio was born with various health issues, including a hole in his heart, a birth defect called patent ductus arteriosus, or PDA, where a heart valve doesn't close as it should, and a brain bleed. The baby boy also had to be treated for at least two septic infections, a skin infection called cellulitis, and seizures, among other developments, and had to undergo tests and surgeries for months.
Giorgio was born on Aug. 22, 2022, at 23 weeks and 5 days. He had to remain in the NICU for 190 days.MORE: Baby nicknamed 'mayor of NICU' released from hospital ahead of 1st birthday
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