INDIANAPOLIS, IN — After a challenging 165-day stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Riley Hospital for Children, baby Rose Opal Ann Byers is finally heading home to Greencastle, Indiana.

The five-month ordeal concluded with a festive, movie-themed send-off as Rose, dressed as Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz,” followed her own “yellow brick road” out of the hospital. Her parents, Spencer and Madison Byers, decorated her wagon with yellow brick road paper to celebrate the momentous occasion.

“There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home,” echoed the sentiment as Rose, complete with tiny bows, a gingham dress, and ruby red slippers, departed the hospital for the first time since her birth in June.

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