{"id":98055,"date":"2016-07-25T15:18:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T19:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=98055"},"modified":"2016-07-25T15:18:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T19:18:28","slug":"baby-born-17-weeks-early-beats-odds-story-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-born-17-weeks-early-beats-odds-story-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby born 17 weeks early beats the odds and his story goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Francis Azize was born 17 weeks premature, there was only a 15\u00a0percent\u00a0chance he would survive. He weighed just one pound, nine ounces, and infections and perforated bowels added to his parents\u2019 worries for their son. But when his parents, Jeffrey and Maureen Azize, watched a Ted Talk with Andrew Stanton, creator of “Finding Nemo,” they found one thing they needed: hope.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey and Maureen learned they were expecting Francis after having been through a miscarriage. But, as they told The Today Show<\/a>, their joy turned to fear when they learned that Maureen has a bicornuate uterus. Her uterus is in the shape of a heart, making it difficult, if not impossible, for her to carry a baby to term. Maureen\u00a0was placed on medication and bed rest in order to keep her from going into labor before the age of viability. She made it to 23 weeks.<\/p>\n