GRAND RAPIDS, MI — When Tara and Cameron Marbra’s twin daughters were born at just 24 weeks’ gestation, each weighed little more than a pound and measured only a foot long.

The Muskegon couple was recently reunited with the NICU staff who helped care for their daughters during the first 113 days of their lives.

About 170 children and their families were welcomed by Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staff from Trinity Health Grand Rapids to the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum for an evening of activity and reconnection on Monday, Sept. 16, in downtown Grand Rapids.

For Tara and Cameron, the reunion was particularly meaningful. At the time of birth, the couple’s twin girls, Lenora and Lakelyn, weighed about two pounds combined.

“It sounds crazy, but the twins were more theirs at times

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