{"id":242060,"date":"2021-03-29T07:31:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T12:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=242060"},"modified":"2021-03-26T22:31:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T03:31:06","slug":"walking-miracle-preemie-beats-covid-turns-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/walking-miracle-preemie-beats-covid-turns-two\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Walking miracle’ preemie beats COVID-19, turns two"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Stanford shared the remarkable story<\/a> of Haven Greyson Smith, who was born at just 25 weeks gestation in 2019. He was the tiniest baby born at the hospital that year and was nicknamed<\/a>\u00a0‘Mighty Peanut.’ He has overcome countless obstacles, including a battle with COVID-19, and is now two years old.<\/p>\n

At birth, Haven weighed only 0.9 pounds, and his mother Amanda compared him to the size of a soda can. Doctors told her he had just a 10% chance of survival, but he proved to be a fighter and today he is doing remarkably well. He fights bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary hypertension, kidney complications, and has developmental delays. He lost a third of his intestines from a strangulated hernia that required three lifesaving surgeries and he requires a G-tube to ensure he gets enough nutrients.<\/p>\n

“It hasn’t always been easy, but none of that matters,” said Amanda. “I have a thriving 2-year-old, which I didn’t always believe I’d have.”<\/p>\n

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