UK: A miracle baby whose heart stopped five times after being born at 24 weeks has finally been allowed home.
Isla Allen weighed just 1lb 7oz and has fought deadly conditions including sepsis, lung diseases, and a bleed on the brain and blood infections.
At one point her heart stopped for half an hour and she was deprived of oxygen for 10 minutes. But now, at a healthy 8lb, the five-month-old is strong enough for parents Maxie Skye-Foster, 25, and Anthony Allen, 33, to take her home to brother, Lewis, seven.
Sadly, Isla this month failed her audiology tests and the family have been told she is deaf and will soon be fitted with hearing aids.
Retail assistant Maxie of Hinchingbrooke, Cambs, added: "I'm devastated but I have to remember that Isla may not have even survived.
“We still don’t know what 10 minutes of oxygen deprivation will have done. I’m just grateful she is alive. She will lead a happy life. Her brother is absolutely ecstatic to have her home.”
Source: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/
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