{"id":231165,"date":"2020-09-18T12:46:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T17:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=231165"},"modified":"2020-09-21T15:20:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T20:20:30","slug":"miraculous-baby-born-weighing-17-ounces-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/miraculous-baby-born-weighing-17-ounces-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Miraculous’ baby born weighing 17 ounces celebrates first birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Baby Cannon celebrated his first birthday Wednesday and no one is more grateful than his mother, who wasn’t sure if this day would ever come. Born at just 22 weeks gestation, Cannon weighed only 17 ounces at birth. His chances of survival were low, but he is among the smallest babies to survive at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.<\/p>\n

“He was so sick, I didn’t even get to hold him until he was 11 days old,” said his mother Ashley. “I remember that day. They took pictures of me holding him because no one was sure he would live much longer, and they wanted me to have a special memory.”<\/p>\n

According to an article on HopkinsAllChildrens.org<\/a>, Ashley’s water broke on September 10, 2019. Her due date wasn’t until January 18, 2020. She wasn’t admitted to the hospital, however, until September 16, and Cannon was born within an hour.<\/p>\n

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: After weighing just 17 ounces when he was born, Cannon celebrated his first birthday on Wednesday. According to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Cannon underwent 12 operations in just 11 months before finally being able to go home in August. According to his mom, she went into labor after being pregnant for about 22 weeks. She said, "when he was born, they told me he would probably not make it out of the delivery room," however, the little boy proved to be a fighter.<\/a><\/p>\n

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