Baby Colsen Knox, who was born prematurely, will soon join his younger brother, whom Jones welcomed while Colsen was still receiving care in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Savannah Jones welcomed Colsen in March, she revealed on TikTok at the time, sharing that the “sweet boy” weighed just 1 lb. 8 oz. At first, Jones said in the TikTok, she was told the newborn would remain in the NICU for “at least” three months — but his stay ultimately lasted more than a year, with the “NICU Momma” visiting him as often as possible, according to her TikTok account.

Now, 400 days later, Jones is preparing to bring her little boy home from the University of Kentucky hospital, where he has continued to grow and thrive, she told.

Colsen — who had his breathing tube removed at the 145-day mark and now weighs nearly 21 lbs. — has been through an incredible journey during his hospital stay. But from his days as an “itty bitty” baby until now, the little one has kept smiling through it all, she told the outlet.

“He gets poked and checked, has had surgeries and all these things,” she said, “but honestly, ever since he reached the stage where babies begin to smile, he has smiled.”

“You kind of just get thrown into the NICU,” Jones said of the experience. “It’s something we never imagined during my pregnancy with Colsen until we were living it.”

During Colsen’s NICU stay, Jones welcomed their second child, son Everen Spencer, she revealed on TikTok on Sunday, April 19.

Colsen’s little brother, she wrote in the caption, “arrived full-term and healthy. He’s home, hallelujah. After a 400+ day NICU stay with his big brother, this is huge for us.”

Everen’s older brother will soon be joining him at home, but Jones says she avoids talking about it too much because she doesn’t want to tempt fate.

“It’s like as soon as we start planning, something changes. So we say we’re going to the zoo,” the mom said. “We just started saying ‘go to the zoo,’ and now we’re excited to bring him home,” the mom of two added, “and actually go to the zoo.”

A GoFundMe fundraiser created ahead of Colsen’s NICU discharge is even titled “Colsen’s Trip to the Zoo (Home!)” as a tribute to the family’s special inside joke.

“Colsen has been doing amazing. He’s been on a home ventilator and requiring little to no oxygen for the past couple of weeks,” the fundraiser reads. “He’s already on the settings they want him on before he goes home, and we couldn’t be more proud of how far he’s come. He has just a few sedation weans left, and then Colsy K gets his trip to the zoo.”

“At the same time, Savannah and Chris just welcomed their second baby boy, Everen, into the world,” the GoFundMe continues. “After everything they’ve been through, they are finally close to having both of their boys under one roof, something that once felt so far away.”

Source:  People