{"id":247948,"date":"2021-06-25T14:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=247948"},"modified":"2021-06-24T18:04:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T23:04:27","slug":"baby-25-weeks-bubble-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-25-weeks-bubble-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby born at 25 weeks saved by bubble wrap and a plastic sandwich bag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At 20 weeks, Vickie Carr and her husband Rohan learned<\/a> that their preborn baby was no longer growing. Just five weeks later, at 25 weeks and four days, the placenta began to fail and Vickie had to undergo an emergency C-section.<\/p>\n

“They told me they wanted to keep my baby in my tummy for as long as possible,” she explained. “It was terrifying; I had no idea if my little baby would make it.”<\/p>\n

Baby Larenz was born 15 weeks early in October 2019 and would require the support of medical staff to survive. After his birth, he was taken directly to receive care. Babies born at this age<\/a> typically have a 60% to 70% chance of living and if they do survive they may have health complications as a result of premature birth. Larenz weighed just 13 ounces, and to give him the best chance possible, doctors came up with a unique solution: a plastic sandwich bag and bubble wrap, which would act as a make-shift womb.<\/p>\n

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“When I went down to the neonatal intensive care unit a few hours later I was so shocked at how small he was. He was the same size as my hand and so transparent,” Vickie said<\/a>. “He looked shiny, like he was covered in oil… Seeing him in the bubble wrap \u2014 I had never seen anything like it.”<\/p>\n

His father felt the same way.<\/p>\n

“When I first saw Larenz I was so scared and worried about what the outcome would be. I’d never seen a baby that small,” Rohan said.<\/p>\n

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