Gus was born at home, precipitously and unexpectedly, at 26 weeks’ gestation. He was transferred to our Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) from a local community hospital after his lungs continued to fail at 2 months of life. His given name was Langdon, but he received the nickname Gus from his parents, because his protuberant abdomen reminded them of Cinderella’s friend, the mouse named Gus-Gus. It stuck, and to all of us he was known and lovingly referred to as Gus.

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