when she was born she weighed like an apple

Kwek Yu Xuan was born with an emergency cesarean four months earlier than expected after her mother was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, a dangerous rise in blood pressure that can damage vital organs and be fatal to both mother and her. child.

At the National University Hospital (Nuh) in Singapore, doctors said at the time that the baby had a “limited chance of survival”, but today they admit that “against all odds and despite a series of health complications present at birth, she inspired people around her with her perseverance and will to live, which makes her one extraordinary child of the Covid-19 era, a ray of hope in the midst of the turmoil “.

Yu Xuan still suffers from one chronic lung disease and he will also need aids to breathe at home. However, Nuh doctors say it should improve over time. Yu Xuan’s parents were able to pay for his long hospital stay thanks to a crowdfunding campaign that raised the equivalent of $ 270,601.

The child’s mother, Kwek Mei Ling, thanked the doctors, saying they treated Yu Xuan “like family”. Even after her discharge, the woman remained in close contact with the hospital staff through video calls and daily chats to monitor the child’s condition.

The previous – According to the Tiniest Babies Registry, run by the University of Iowa, before Kwek Yu Xuan, the “record” for the smallest child in the world belonged to an American baby girl who weighed 245 grams at birth in 2019.

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