There is a saying in the mouths of the old folk: "Premature babies are smarter." "Why? Because this kind of child can not wait to come into this world, it means that it is more mature and faster than children of the same age.
In fact, there is no scientific basis for this statement at all. On the contrary, because premature birth does not mature and complete in the mother's womb, such babies usually have intellectual or immune deficiencies, which seriously affect later growth.
But in real life, there are many babies who do not stay in their mother's womb for 10 months for various reasons, but in general, almost all of these babies meet the standard of survival.
That is, the pregnancy period that is scientifically recognized to be greater than 28 weeks, of course, some areas with developed medical conditions can treat babies as young as 24 25. And this is almost the limit.
Because no matter how small it is, there is no need for childbirth treatment.
But in the United States in 2002, there was a couple who once created a miracle, that is, the baby was forced to "be born" when he was only 22 years old, and the baby not only survived, but also grew up well.
This is a story about "love", "miracles", and "life" that we are going to talk about today.
In October 2002, a hospital in Miami, USA, welcomed a very special "guest". The baby girl, who had only been in her mother's body for about 22 weeks, was "forced" to come into this world.
The reason why it is said to be "forced" is because she is far from the time of normal "childbirth", and she is barely more than half of the other babies; Second, it was not because she came to the world like this, but because her mother was sick and had to do this.
The arrival of the baby girl obviously made the parents and the hospital "nervous". Because the child is so "weak", whether he can survive has become a great difficult test in front of people?
How "weak" this newborn baby is, saying it can make anyone feel "cold in the heart"!
She is only 25 centimeters in size, and her weight is only a pitiful 280 grams, barely enough for about half a catty.
What is this concept?
We know that the average normal baby is born with an average height of about 50 cm and a weight of 333 kg up and down. If the weight is less than 25 kg, then in general it can be considered "unhealthy" and there may be problems with physical development.
And what about this baby girl of ours? It can be said that it is seriously below the normal level, and it is far from the minimum standard, so it is not necessary to consider "health or not", and the most important thing is whether it can survive.
Witnessing this poor baby, the medical staff also launched an emergency "rescue", because the baby was small and could easily support her with only one hand, so everyone named her: "Thumbelina".
Although the name is apt, it also indicates the urgent situation of this baby, her life is in danger, and no one knows if she will be able to live in this world in the next second.
Even in the United States, where medicine is developed, there are only 23 cases of premature babies who have survived treatment in the past, but this is already the limit. At the moment, Thumbelina has little hope other than leaving the medical staff with a complete physiology.
Although Thumbelina encountered such a major test as soon as she came into this world, she was lucky enough in her life! Because she has a pair of kind, loving, and responsible parents.
Her father Eddie is just a courier, and her mother Sonia is just a supermarket waiter, because of work contact, the two fell in love, and soon entered the palace of marriage.
This is a loving couple, although they are both ordinary people and engaged in ordinary work, love has never been far from this family. No matter how tiring he is from work, Eddie will always wait for his wife to come home with him after work, and he will also cook a hearty meal for his wife during his break and take his wife out on a trip.
A year after the marriage, Sonia successfully became pregnant. The wife's pregnancy clearly made the husband proud, and the young couple, who were about to become parents, were immersed in great joy.
For this reason, the husband Eddie asked his wife Sonia to stay at home and give birth, and he found another job at night in addition to the balance of his work, in order to earn more money for the future expenses after the birth of the baby.
Just when the couple was nervously preparing for the birth of the baby, one day when they were more than 5 months old, Sonia felt a little unwell, so that Eddie had to put down her work and rush home to take Sonia to the hospital.
Because it was still early before childbirth and had passed the initial dangerous period, the couple did not think much about it, but probably thought that it should not be a big deal if they were not feeling well occasionally.
However, the results of the examination were shocking, and Sonia was diagnosed with "arteritis", specifically due to a problem with her own immune system that caused the arteries to narrow.
In fact, strictly speaking, this is not a major disease, and it is more commonly triggered in young women before 30. But the problem is that Sonia is a pregnant woman, and any drug** is "harmful" to the child in the womb, so the problem instantly becomes serious.
If it is not treated, any further delay will cause serious damage to Sonia's body, and may eventually lead to the death of both mother and daughter before the moment of delivery. Therefore, the only option in front of you is to accept **.
And once accepted**, the child in the womb will be seriously harmed. There is no way, Eddie and his wife are unwilling to give up their child, and they can't wait for the mother and daughter to suffer, after discussion by hospital experts, the only way is to have an early surgical delivery.
This is a big gamble for anyone, as no baby has ever survived 22 weeks of pregnancy, and theoretically has to survive at least 23 weeks.
So, it's an out-and-out adventure, but the Eddies have to accept this reality, and all the medical staff have to face this test.
What exactly happens next? No one could have predicted the outcome.
In October 2002, after a week of preparation, Sonia underwent a successful operation, and a small life of only 25 centimeters and weighing only 280 grams was born.
Although everyone had already known the size of the baby through the instrument beforehand, when she actually appeared in front of everyone, everyone still felt shocked, and more worried behind it.
Because she's so weak, you can't feel her breathing, her heartbeat, her crying, her life force. There is only the possibility of passing away at any time, and the fear of never seeing the world!
Out of good intentions, the medical staff decided to persuade the young couple to give up the child. Because in the United States, if the child's birth date is less than 23 weeks, then even if the parents give up the child, the law will not hold them responsible.
But Mr. and Mrs. Eddie would not give up on their children no matter what, and they would not give up even if there was even the slightest hope. For this reason, they named the baby "Emilia", which means "tenacity", "bravery" and "not giving up" in Latin.
And Emilia is bound to fight tenaciously against fate in the blessing of love. Because of her arrival, she broke the Guinness World Record and has the title of the world's smallest baby. After the first report, she became a well-known celebrity to the outside world, which also made the hospital have to spend energy to save her life as much as possible.
Because Emilia was too weak to breathe on her own, she had to resort to outside instruments to help her breathe. She had to stay in an incubator at all times to keep her body at a constant temperature, and she needed to be isolated from the outside world to prevent infection.
On the one hand, all measures must be taken to ensure her safety; On the other hand, they also need to absorb nutrients to promote their own development. Without a suitable baby bottle, the medical staff had to use "infusions" to supplement Emilia's nutrition.
Although Emilia's fragile life still touches everyone's hearts, after four months of care, Emilia can breathe on her own, and she has passed the most dangerous period and began to burst out of the miracle of life.
Fortunately, her mother Sonya's arteritis was also cured, and she experienced the test of life and death, and the mother and daughter were favored by God.
Subsequently, she was taken home by her parents to take care of her. Amilia's discharge from the hospital was big news, and everyone was very happy that the baby girl had survived.
But that doesn't mean Emilia is out of danger, she still needs to take medication to keep herself alive and needs to go to the hospital for regular check-ups. But over time, her body has doubled compared to when she was born, and her weight is returning to normal baby levels.
In other words, Emilia has performed medical miracles and has lived up to the deep meaning behind the name that the Eddie couple have given her.
When she was growing up, Eddie and his wife were still very worried about her, and even the teachers at school took good care of her, explicitly ordering other classmates not to touch her at will. But the worries of her parents and teachers were completely unnecessary, because Emilia was no different from the rest of her classmates, and she got along very well.
Today's Emilia is already an adult, not only is she healthy, no different from other peers, but she is also slim and slim, she talks about her handsome boyfriend, and lives a very happy life.
Emilia's story reminds us that in this world, only with hard work, you can always get unexpected results. If any of her parents and doctors around her chose to give up, would there be a healthy and beautiful Emilia in the future? All this is not so much a gift of fate as a reward for perseverance!