A NICU nurse in New York City makes Halloween costumes by hand for her patients in an effort to bring a sense of normalcy to their parents amid their hospital stays.

— -- Halloween just got tinier! The youngest patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite in Georgia are dressed up in knitted costumes handmade for them by one of their nurses.

In 2008, Meek's daughter, Mary Farris, was born at 1 pound 3 ounces, more than three months before her due date. The baby spent 148 days in the NICU at what was then Baptist Hospital.