She was the smallest baby in Texas and today, she works at the hospital that rescued her.

Tammy Lewis was born at 24 weeks of gestation, with 600 grams. For this reason, she wore the title of the smallest baby born in Texas, United States. Their chances of survival were between 5 and 10%. 34 years later, she is back at the hospital that rescued her to help other premature boys.

She spent three and a half months in the neonatal intensive care unit from Scott and White Hospital. There, their organs have finished growing and developing enough to not need respiratory badistance. Finally, he was released, he grew up and now leads a normal life with his two children aged 6 and 3 years old.

"My intention was collaborate with patients and families who were in my situation. That's why, when I started looking for a career, I spoke to a program director in the medical field and I fell in love with the profession, "he said. during a conversation with the CNN. In 2009, she became a respiratory therapist at the clinic where she was treated.

Today & # 39; hui she works with doctors and nurses who accompanied her at birth. "My tasks constantly remind me how blessed I was to be here," he revealed. His experience is very useful for connecting with parents who have their children interned. "To tell them that I was there gives them a little light and hope because there is a successful story and they can see it," he added.

This benefit was also noted by the hospital, which included him in his "Hall of Hope", which shows children who have a difficult path but who have continued their journey. In fact, many are coming back to the intensive care unit as they grow up, because after spending so many hours together, health professionals are now part of the family. "Watching them grow is very comforting. There's nothing like holding a 450-gram baby and seeing it grow into a small human being, "concluded Lewis.