How does 1lb 8 oz turn into 110lbs so fast?

Eleven years and two days ago, I went into pre-term labor. I woke up in the hospital on a med-surg floor in a pool of blood. Marty and I went nuts trying to figure out how to use a fetal heart monitor. I got to ride in by bed, flying down the hallways, to L&D. I got held there for two days while the steroids were given time to take effect. My baby was transverse (sideways) as much as I begged her to turn, she didn't. Needless to say this child is not getting a car when she is 16!
They took me in for a c-section at 8 am. Sadly that is all I remember. I woke up intubated in the MICU. Apparently, the extubated me after the c-section but I crashed in the elevator. They reintubated me with a pedi one!
Julia Marie was born at 26 weeks (that is 3 months premature) shortly after 8:30 in the morning. She was 1 lb 8 oz and 12 inches long. I am told she fit in the palm of her dad's hand. Thanks to Dr Minkin's unorthodox ways my Jujus made it into this world. Julia was a stubborn lil one. She pulled out her breathing tube her first day of life. Heck I even had one in still.  They never put it back in and she flew and grew. I didnt get to see her in person until she was 3 weeks old. Dave had talked a NICU nurse to bring her to me. She had grown since her birth but she was still a lil bit of a thing. Julia did well and I got to bring her home at her due date, October 12th, 2001.
I am amazed that she had none of the problems that a preemie usually has. She was and is my miracle child. Today, she is 5 feet tall and is 110 lbs. She is crazy in that fun kid kind of way. She puts butter on her butt and howls at the moon. Julia always has to have the last word and still is stubborn as all get out. Sometimes she thinks she is a cat and others a puppy. She is the leader of our cats and they treat her like she is one of them. In so many ways she is my cub. She is the clone of her sister in looks but her own person in every way. She and Anna get along so well. She can't wait to be Aunt Midget. It was so cute that when she went to bed tonight she hugged her sister...and her pregnant belly..saying "Night, Tyler".
I love my Jujus and am forever grateful to be blessed with her, even if she does put butter on her butt. (rolls my eyes). She makes life fun. Happy Birthday! Julia.