Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Scissors save premature baby's life | Fox News

Scissors save premature baby's life | Fox News: "she was so tiny doctors did not know if they should try to save her.

But when they put her on the scales she weighed 1 pound, the minimum weight for a baby to be considered viable — so they fought for her.

Only when she was safely on a ventilator did doctors discover the scissors had been accidentally left on the scales, and that 8-inch Maddalena in fact weighed only .84 pounds, or about 13 ounces.

The lucky baby has now been discharged from the Royal Sussex Hospital and is expected to grow into a healthy child."

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