A `miracle’ baby who was given no chance of survival after being born four months premature has just turned 15 weeks old.
This was reported yesterday by the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) in a social media post which noted, “Miracles come when you least expect them”. The post noted that on March 3, 2021, four months before her due date, Fiona Jones had an emergency Caesarean Section at the Hospital as a result of a “placenta abruption”.
The post noted that the baby who is named Miracle, was born weighing 780 grams and placed in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and cared for until June 15 when she was discharged. Though being born months before due, Miracle presented no breathing problems and as such the staff at the NICU worked to ensure that none developed.
The LHC noted that one of their doctors, Dr. Teani Small had seen other extremely premature babies but none survived more than two weeks. The post quoted Dr. Small as saying, “Miracle never give us any of the major complications that you would expect in such a young baby.”
Further, it was stated that babies that are born weighing less than one kilogram have a low probability of survival and as such their key focus was to ensure that they prevented Miracle from developing infections or respiratory distress.
Jones expressed gratitude to the team and staff at the hospital who were instrumental in the care and treatment of the baby. The post stated, “Mrs Jones emphasized that the level of care that she and Miracle received while at our institution was exceptional from each level of staff.”
When Jones spoke about her experience at the hospital, she stated that doctors there explained that the surgery was being done to save her life and as such they did not know whether the baby would have survived as the foetal heart rate was not there.
“When I saw her my heart leaped because I’ve never seen such a small baby,” Jones said, while adding that the staff took exceptional care of her and noted that the food provided was good and wards kept clean. These things she said were significant during that
