Stephanie Mulhall-Atkinson says her daughter, Sloane, has been living in the hospital for more than 200 days as she awaits a heart transplant Doctors dismissed a newborn’s “grunting” as normal sounds ...

Grunting may lead to worry if you are hearing it for the first time in your newborn baby. You may feel unsure whether it is normal. This sound may occur during the first few hours or days after birth.

Newborn babies make a lot of interesting sounds between their tired cries, their hungry squeaks, and their first breathy giggles. But what does it mean when your baby is making grunting sounds? Noises ...

Sloane Atkinson is awaiting a donor heart. Doctors dismissed a newborn’s “grunting” as normal sounds — but six weeks later, the baby was intubated in the PICU, and is now awaiting a heart transplant.

Stephanie Mulhall-Atkinson says her daughter, Sloane, has been living in the hospital for more than 200 days as she awaits a heart transplant Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work ...