WATCH NOW: Egg Harbor Township man donates pizzas to the AtlantiCare NICU
The family of an AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit graduate marked his birthday milestone with a surprise for the care team today.
Matthew Stephens, of Egg Harbor Township, was born 13 weeks early on Memorial Day, May 29, 1999. He weighed two pounds, says his mother Sylvia Stephens. “He fit in the palm of my hand,” she says. “His head was at the tip of my finger and his foot rested on the palm of my hand.”
Sylvia, Matthew and their family will give the care team a virtual hand – and hug – by delivering 21 pizzas to the hospital to celebrate Matthew’s 21st birthday.
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