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Small miracle

Yovani Guido, 24, left, his fiancee Haydee Ibarra, 22, and their daughter Melinda Star Guido attend a news conference as Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center as Melinda is discharged from the hospital. She was born on Aug. 30, 2011, and weighed 9.5 ounces.

Yovani Guido, 24, left, his fiancee Haydee Ibarra, 22, and their daughter Melinda Star Guido attend a news conference as Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center as Melinda is discharged from the hospital. She was born on Aug. 30, 2011, and weighed 9.5 ounces.  (Christina House/For The Times)

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Melinda Star Guido, who was just 9.5 ounces when she was born in August, is discharged from Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.

Going home

Haydee Ibarra, 22, covers her daughter Melinda Star Guido with her blanket as they leave Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. Melinda now weighs 4 pounds, 17 ounces.  (Christina House/For The Times)

Mother and daughter

Haydee Ibarra, 22, holds her daughter Melinda Star Guido before she is released from Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles.  (Christina House/For The Times)

Eyes on the world

Melinda Star Guido is discharged from Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.  (Christina House/For The Times)

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