Doctors have never had to nurture such a tiny baby.
Little Theo Taylor was born in the 26th week of pregnancy. Just think 14 weeks ahead of schedule! The tiny man weighed only 340 grams. This is less than a can of cola. The baby fit entirely on the palm of your hand.
Doctors had to give his mother an emergency caesarean. The fetus has stopped growing in the womb. And the doctors suggested that Katie Rhodes, Theo’s mother, have an abortion for medical reasons. Katie refused – after all, the child was alive, he was already fully formed!
340 grams is a two week old kitten
A 24-year-old woman later said that it was very difficult to endure all this.
“The doctors kept saying that Theo was still too early to be born. That he has practically no chances. It was very hard to hear that and to understand that we are unlikely to be able to take Theo home, ”recalls Katie.
Katy’s husband, 27-year-old Jay, tried to support his wife. He kept telling her that everything would be fine. Jay really believed it. Until I saw my newborn son.
“I have never seen such small children. I could not even imagine that children can be so tiny. It was only when I saw him for the first time that I realized how serious everything is. I was very scared. I could have lost my little boy, ”he says.
In this photo, Theo is already 12 weeks old. It weighs less than two kilograms.
A plump pink baby screaming all around – no, Theo didn’t look like that at all. Red, with a thin, shiny skin, through which bones seemed to be visible, a serious little face. He didn’t have the strength to shout — he couldn’t even open his eyes. But the parents were determined: their son had already come such a long way, he must be given a chance.
“We fought for our baby,” they say in an interview with … They fought, despite the fact that things were even worse than the doctors thought. After all, they did not expect the baby to be so small. Research results said that it would still be slightly more than 340 grams. And here – almost a kitten.
It’s been 24 weeks since that day. Theo is alive and, fortunately, healthy. He was already discharged from the hospital and went home with his mom and dad. Now he is rapidly catching up with his peers in height, delighting his parents.
“He’s a real fighter. Now everything will be fine with us, ”- Katie and Jay are sure.