Emily Hasson

2024-2025

It's been more than 10 years since Emily came into our lives. We are honored to be her parents and couldn't be more proud of this kind, artistic kid. And she is still crazy about dogs! 

2023-2024

The beautiful, smart, all-around wonderful young lady that made us parents (a few months earlier than expected) is 9 now! She still loves to dance and anything having to do with dogs! She also loves to ask questions about her birth story and compare it to her sister's ("yeah, but I was a lot smaller than you" lol).

2022-2023

Emily is 8 now! It's hard to be believe she is the same baby that spend four months in the NICU. She is kind, smart and the best big sister ever! She loves to dance and plans to give soccer a go this year!

2021-2022

Emily continues to amaze us. She is a sponge for knowledge. I am embarrassed to admit how often I refer her questions to Alexa or Google! She is also kind, compassionate, and empathetic. 

As she gets older, the more she understands about her journey and how it was different from her sister's. She is looking forward to sharing her story this year.

2020-2021

Emily is a Kindergartener and loving it!

She spent the first 8 weeks of her life on a ventilator and remained on oxygen until she was almost 6 months old. We are so thankful that she has not had any long-lasting issues with her breathing. Not even asmtha. We are especially thankful given how scary the last year has been. Its just another reminder of how important it is to give babies the healthiest start possible.

2019-2020:

Emily is 5 and started VPK this year! She loves school. And she still loves Disney Princesses. Her little sister has also been upgraded from sidekick to princess. She is definitely growing up. She only wants to wear dresses and skirts. "That's what princesses wear." 

2018-2019:

Emily, our beautiful, funny, sassy 4 year old. She loves Disney Princesses. She spends more time in her princess dresses than her regular clothes. She always includes her baby sister, though. For example, when she is Rapunzel, Sophie gets to be Pascal (the gecko with no speaking role). When she is Ariel, Sophie is Flounder (this fishy sidekick). When she is Moana, Sophie is Hei Hei (the goofy rooster)... you get the picture. :-)

2017-2018:

Emily is now three and just broke the 25lb mark. She is also a big sister. Baby sister Sophie was born in September at 39 weeks (scheduled c-section) and completely healthy. 

2016-2017:

Emily is now two-years old and as feisty as ever! She loves Mickey Mouse, Dora, and Nemo.  

2015-2016:

Emily is now a healthy, energetic, petite one-year old. This year, we are acting as the Pinellas County Ambassador Family and we are eager to share our story. 

Emily opened her eyes for the first time when she was 2 weeks old. She was 3 weeks old when she had her first surgery (PDA ligation). That night, I got to hold her for the first time, with the assistance of two nurses. She would be several months old before we could pick her up on our own. At 8 weeks, she was finally ready to come off the ventilator, but she remained on oxygen. She spent her first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years in the NICU. Two days shy of 4 months, she came home. She was on oxygen until she was about 5 1/2 months old. She had her second, and hopefully last, surgery for hernias when she was 9 months old. We no longer need to see most of the specialists and developmentally, she scores between her actual and corrected ages. She is our miracle!

2014-2015:

Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. Emily Quinn was due on Christmas Day 2014. She was born on September 16th at 25 weeks weighing just 1 lb 5 oz. She was always strong, but she is getting bigger and healthier everyday. Emily will be with us for this March for Babies. I'm walking in March for Babies because I want to do something about this. And I need your help. Please support our walk. Making a secure donation is easy: just click the 'donate now' button on this page. Thank you for helping me give all babies a healthy start!