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Live Action:Sometimes it’s hard to grasp just how small a micro preemie truly is. This is Ricki minutes after he was born at 24 weeks old and taken to the NICU. To the left of him is a pair of bandage scissors; they take up slightly more than half his body. Ricki was measured at 9.5 inches long....9.5 INCHES LONG!! Full Subway sandwiches are 2.5 inches longer than him in this photo. Still with me?Now imagine the tip of your thumb; that represents the size of Ricki’s foot. And the tip of your pointer finger, that’s the size of his whole hand. Still with me?Now imagine the top of a soda can; that represents the circumference of Ricki’s head. The hat he is wearing in the photo is a double layered newborn hat given to most full-term babies after they’re born. Still with me?Now imagine you’re at the grocery store; the next time you’re in the produce or deli section I want you to stop and reflect on 1lb. Maybe it’s a bag of coffee...also 1lb. Add 3 or 4 more beans to that bag of coffee and you know what that represents? Ricki’s birth weight: 1lb 9oz. Still with me?Now imagine the most enormous, most strongest, most fierce, most feisty, most hardworking person you know. For us, that’s our Ricki.Despite his physical scale, Ricki embodies the spirit of a GIANT.That’s our Rick...still is. ? https://www.instagram.com/a.rabbits.tale/