Source : Perth Now news
Baby Miracle is believed to be Australia’s youngest surviving premmie and Queensland’s smallest baby.
Makarita Miracle Tanavasa weighed just 351g when she was born at 21 weeks and three days at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in March this year, Nine News reported.
Her mum Annrose did not think her daughter would survive when she saw her.
“I took one look at her and I was like, ‘There’s no way she’s gonna make it’,” she said.
“She was about like hand-size, like our palm, we weren’t able to hold her, but it was yeah, she was very, very small,” her father Misi said.
Annrose only discovered she was pregnant five days before her daughter was born, after she struggled to lose weight during a gym challenge.
“The sonographer told us that we were about 22 weeks pregnant. But I told her, I said, ‘That’s impossible,’” she said.
“She was like, ‘Why do you think it’s impossible?’ And I said, ‘Because I had a miscarriage in December.’
“She said, ‘Well, maybe you had a twin, and you miscarried the twin.’
“’You got to go to the hospital, and you’ll be staying there until you give birth.’”
Baby Miracle was able to go home for the first time this month after spending 14 weeks in the intensive care unit.
“Even the doctors couldn’t explain how she was able to survive everything she’s gone through,” Misi said.
Her parents thanked medical staff for looking after their daughter while she was in hospital.
“Thank you guys so much for all that love and all the loving care you gave our daughter,” Annrose said.
