ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. —

Kingston Bryant has spent every day of his life defeating the odds. Latest Forecast

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Bryant was born on Dec. 29, 2023, and weighed just one pound. He was diagnosed with chronic lung disease of prematurity and spent his first 622 days in the Norton Children's Hospital neonatal intensive care unit in Kentucky.

"I made a promise to him, I probably shouldn't have made that, I would get him home. But now we're seeing that happen," said Tonya Smith, one of Bryant's nurses who has become more like family.

Smith decided to stay with the family after her contract with Norton Hospital was up.

"I started out taking care of Kingston when he was about 2 months old. And then the resilience that t

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