CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – For the first year of her life, a hospital room was the only home Isla Johnson had ever known.

Each day, Leah and Eric Johnson drove nearly an hour from their house in Liberty to UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill to spend time with their baby, and each time they left, they dreamed of the day they'd take Isla home with them.

"It's really been a roller coaster," Leah said.

The Johnsons knew their first child might be premature.

"I struggled with pre-eclampsia early on in my pregnancy," Leah explained. "We knew she would probably be early, so we were prepped for all of the things that come with a premature baby."

But they didn't know just how early Isla would arrive or how sick she would be. She was born nearly three months early and weighed a little more than a poun

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