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15/11/2021

Monday, November 15, 2021, 11:00 p.m.

Guinness record: Peg was born weighing 420 grams and managed to survive

He was born as a twin in the 21st week weighing one-eighth of a normal baby.

His twin died sadly, but he managed to survive despite all the chances.

Today, years later, he has been given the title of "the longest surviving premature baby ever."

Let's see what he looks like today

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A sixteen-month-old baby set a new world record when he was born 132 days prematurely.

Now, stronger than ever, he is officially the smallest premature baby that has survived the longest time ever.

Premature babies are defined as newborns born before the 36th week of pregnancy (a standard pregnancy lasts 40 weeks), before all the vital systems and organs in the body have developed properly.

If a baby is born one day ahead of time, it probably won't be a big deal - but when the pregnancy ends weeks or even months before the date, the chances of everything working out drop significantly.

A baby born at week 32, for example, has a 95 percent chance of surviving.

By week 24, it is already less than 50 percent.

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This is why when twins Curtis and Cassia Mince were only born at 21 weeks and one day, doctors did not have high hopes. "We usually advise compassionate treatment in situations of such extreme premature births," explained Dr. Brian Sims, a treating physician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) who treated Curtis and his mother Michelle Butler. That they have together. "

Unfortunately, Curtis' twin did not survive the premature birth: Cassia died when she was only one day old. But Curtis survived - and now, at the age of one year and four months, he has officially become a world record." Curtis, or 'Foodie' as "His family also calls him, celebrated his first birthday on July 5, 2021." Guinness World Records said in a statement.

When Curtis was born, he weighed only 420 grams - that's about one-eighth of the average newborn's weight.

He needed round-the-clock care in a special neonatal intensive care unit that included oxygen, caregivers to help him use his mouth and of course medication.

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"He initially reacted to oxygen, his heart rate went up, his numbers went up ... he wanted to survive," Dr. Sims told GWR. "I do it for almost 20 years ... but I've never seen a baby so young As strong as he is.

There was something special Chartis. "

Indeed, the past 275 days - about the same as full-term - until Curtis was ready to be released. Although he still needs a feeding tube and oxygen supplementation, his doctors say he is in good health.

Curtis broke the previous record of Richard Hatcher Johnson from Wisconsin, in just one day - however, that's a big difference.Before Hutchinson, Guinness reports, this record was not broken for 34 years.

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