Some photos stay with you.
These photos have stayed with me.
I was reading up on premature babies
and found a story about
Amillia Taylor.
These are her feet!
Amillia was born at 21 weeks gestation.
Her mother told the doctors
that the baby was 23 weeks -
which is why they fought to save her.
She was born by Cesarean section,
because the trauma of the birth canal
would most likely have killed her.
At first, doctors could not find Amillia,
as she was so small
and was lying in the birth canal.
Her skin was so thin.
It was like rice paper.
When the doctors pulled Amillia
away from her mother,
they accidentally ripped her ear.
The human body is incredible.
How something so small can fight
and live is amazing.
By now, Amillia is a "big" girl.
She has celebrated her third birthday.
Modern medicine is just as amazing.
What an incredible world we live in!
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