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Hippo Blog #5: Breathing a Sigh of Relief

With another week down and another hurdle overcome, we are pleased to share with all of you that Fiona is no longer on supplemental oxygen! Along with her steady weight gains and increased strength [...]

Hippo Blog #4: Baby Steps Forward

Today is Fiona’s 6-week birthday! Since Fiona was born at least 6 weeks premature, this means she has finally reached her original due date, and at over 70lbs, Fiona’s weight is now a normal birth weight [...]

Caring for Preemie Hippo Fiona

It wasn’t long ago that we shared the news of our ultrasound success with the world. We had made history and captured the first in utero images of a Nile hippo fetus, confirming that one [...]