Every year, 15 million premature babies are born in the world. Thanks to medical advances, more and more premature people get ahead, especially the group of extreme premature babies, those who arrive in the world between the 22nd and 28th week of gestation. The survival rates of babies who arrive in the world too soon are increasing, while decreasing the serious consequences that accompany them for the rest of their lives.
Some parents wanted to share the story of their little one, considered a "miracle baby" because he has survived, against all odds. Oscar King, is a micro-premature baby born at 27 weeks in an emergency caesarean section at the Chelsea hospital in London, after his mother Katy suffered from placental insufficiency. A micropremature baby is considered to be those born before 30 weeks or weighing less than 2 kilos.
According to a study conducted in the United States with data from the last 19 years of children born between weeks 25 and 28 weeks, children who survive without serious sequelae is 2% each year, which implies a total improvement of 38%, which is an excellent fact.
A struggle to survive
The placenta in the organ responsible for nourishing the baby, filtering the excess wastes that are generated during the months of gestation. If there is a failure in its basic operation, the life of the baby is in danger.
After birth, the baby had to undergo an operation due to necrotizing enterocolitis, a terrible disease common in premature babies that destroys the lining of the intestinal wall, which causes the death of 30 percent of babies who suffer from it.
Fortunately, he managed to overcome the operation and after remaining in intensive care for six months, he has gained the necessary weight to to be able to go home soon.
In recent months they discovered that their son has a rare chromosomal disorder called Trisomy 9, characterized by the existence of three copies of chromosome 9 instead of the usual 2. This disorder (mosaicism) causes some cells to have normal chromosomal endowment and others do not.
Affected children have various malformations that affect several organs, the most common in the eyes, hands, feet, heart, genitals, kidney and central nervous system, as well as the existence of significant mental retardation in some cases.
Parents have started a campaign at GoFoundme to raise funds for the Premature Unit ward of the hospital to whom they must have saved your baby's life.
