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Miracle infant born 16 weeks premature beats the odds and lives

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Doctors gave infant one percent survival rate.

Kaci-Rose Cratchley was born premature at 16 weeks early and was only given a 1 percent chance of living. However, this "miracle baby" managed to defy all odds.

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MUNTINLUPA CITY, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - Kaci-Rose Cratchley was born premature at only 23 weeks gestation. When doctors gave her a 1 percent chance of survival, the little girl fought for life and won.
Sadie, Kaci-Rose's mother, went into premature labor. According to her doctors, if she had gone into labor a day sooner they would not have not tried to save the baby at all. 
"I don't know why I went to labor so early, but if I had gone into hospital a day earlier they would have sent me home to have a miscarriage. I was terrified," explained Sadie. "We were told there was a one percent chance of her surviving labor. When they told me that, I just cried and cried."



Sadie and her husband Marc were asked by the medical team to decide on whether they should attempt to save the infant or not. They explained that saving her was not a guarantee she would definitely survive.

"It was a terrifying moment," the couple shared.
Sadie said the infant "was literally the size of my hand when she was born. She was bright red and her skin was really sticky. You could see all her veins."
At 10.8 inches tall and weighing just over a pound, Kaci-Rose was immediately transferred to the neonatal unit located at Southmed Hospital in Bristol. Breathing tubes were attached and was put on medication to help her kidneys. 
Sadie and her husband Marc were able to hold her when she turned 11-weeks-old and could safely breath on her own without the help of the ventilator.
She was allowed to go home with Sadie and Marc after almost six months. Kaci is now eight-months-old and weighs 8.5 pounds. She is about 22-inches long, the size of an average newborn baby. She still requires an oxygen tube and close monitoring.
The couple was told the child might be blind and deaf, but thankfully, Kaci-Rose can both hear and see. The child may have cerebral palsy but it is still too early to know.

So far, "She has proved everyone wrong."

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