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Baby Born At 1 Pound, 3 Ounces Bulks Up, Goes Home

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Oct 9, 2008 10:48 am US/Mountain

Baby Born At 1 Pound, 3 Ounces Bulks Up, Goes Home

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A premature baby boy who weighed just 1 pound, 3 ounces at birth has gone home from a Colorado Springs hospital, tipping the scales at a relatively hefty 5 pounds.

Ricardo Morales-Coronado was born in June at just 23 weeks. Doctors say babies born that early have a 25 percent chance of surviving.

His parents, Catalina Coronado and Octavio Morales, took him home from Penrose-St. Francis Hospital on Wednesday.

Penrose-St. Francis officials say he's the smallest baby ever cared for in their system.