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In reply to the discussion: This is off the political footpath but if you could spare a prayer [View all]wnylib
(21,445 posts)My mother was a preemie not much bigger than Cassandra. She was born in 1922, at home before her mother could get to a hospital, in the middle of a Buffalo winter. My mother's aunt was present and wrapped the tiny babe in a cloth table napkin, placed her in a bread basket, and put the basket on the open door of the kitchen oven until an ambulance arrived.
There was some heart valve damage to my mother and they did not have the advanced medical techniques then that we have today. But she survived (obviously or I wouldn't be here today). She not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old, and to see her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
So please take heart and hope from that example. All babies are different, but with good medical care, prayers, and a baby's tough fighting instinct, they can eventually thrive.
Blessings to your family, Cassandra, and the medical team.