The most premature baby in the world has foiled all forecasts and celebrates its first birthday
Né avec 5 mois d'avance, le petit garçon n'avait aucune chance de survie. Il vient pourtant de souffler sa première bougie.
Little Richard weighed only 340 grams at birth.Her mother, Beth Hutchinson, gave birth 5 months in advance, after suffering from complications that prevented her from carrying out her pregnancy in the long term.The baby was so small that he held in the palm of his parents' hand.Doctors at Minneapolis Hospital (United States) were not optimistic, ensuring that the child had "0% chances of survival".And yet, little Richard hung on, and survived.
A baby with translucent skin
He stayed for more than six months in the hospital before he could finally go home.A very special day, which Dr Stacy Kern remembers who took care of him."I couldn't believe it was the same little boy who had been so sick, which I was afraid of being surviving.The same little boy who held in the palm of my hand, with the skin so translucent that I could see each coast and each blood vessel in his little body.I couldn't help but hug him and tell him how proud him I was, ”she told CBS.
On June 5, the one held by the title of “most premature baby in the world” in the Guinness World Records, celebrated his first birthday, under the moved gaze of his parents."We are still surprised, but we are happy.It is a way for us to share its story to raise awareness of premature births, ”said his mother.
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