I believe in miracles! We have one right here in Chicago. In September, twin girls who had reached only 26 weeks of the normal 40 week gestation period, were delivered by Caesarian section. The smallest of the two, Rumaisa, weighed 8.6 OUNCES, and is believed to be the smallest baby ever delivered.
The miracle is this: Rumaisa's doctors may release her from the hospital in the first week in January. Her prognosis is good, and her doctor believes that she will develop normally. At birth she was roughly the size of a pop can, and now she weighs two pounds, ten ounces.
Rumaisa is fortunate to live in an area that has such excellent neonatal care. Loyola University Medical Center doctors and staff have cared for more than 1700 newborns with birth weights of less than two pounds over the past 20 years. They have a survival rate of 90% for 28-week gestation, and that's among the highest in the country.
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