A woman has given birth to a tiny baby boy - despite not knowing she was pregnant until four days before the tot appeared.
Kerri Kiloh went through all but a few days of her pregnancy completely unaware that she was carrying a child.
The 25-year-old and husband Kevin only discovered they were about to become parents after Kerri went for a hospital check-up and was told the incredible news.
But the couple’s joy quickly turned into a harrowing ordeal when their new son Karson was born 15 weeks premature .
The couple were told Karson – weighing only 1lb 8oz – had just a 30 per cent chance of survival.
And worried medical staff
told them they should say goodbye to the struggling tot when he was six weeks old.
But the tiny youngster beat
the odds and pulled through following four blood transfusions and 24-hour care by a team of nurses. Now eight months old, Karson’s brave battle has
inspired Kerri’s plan to train as a neonatal nurse. She is also running a fundraising event for the neonatal unit.
According to the Daily Record , Kerri had visited St John’s Hospital in Livingston last April and was amazed to learn she was around five months’ pregnant.
Four days later, while still processing the news, Kerri was in labour at the Simpsons neonatal unit in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
The 25-year-old, from
Blackburn, West Lothian,
said: “I didn’t even know I was in labour when I first went in
and when they told me he was coming, I was in shock.”
On Karson’s chances of survival, Kerri said: “At the start, the nurses always said take it minute by minute. A few weeks later, it was take it day by day. And finally, after four months, I was told I can enjoy my son.
“They gave me a huge amount of emotional support. They never kept anything
from us and were quite blunt.
“I was told before I gave
birth to him that he only had a 30 per cent survival chance.
“At six weeks, they actually told us to say goodbye to him – but I couldn’t say goodbye. That was worse than giving birth to him.”
Karson was 11 inches long at birth and Kerri described him as being “see-through”.
Described as a “miracle” by Kerri’s family and the nurses, Karson was on a ventilator for the first six months of his life, suffering from chronic lung disease. He had to be revived at one point when mucus found
its way into his heart and he stopped breathing.
Karson also underwent laser-eye surgery and will probably need glasses in the future.
Kerri said: “I can’t thank the nurses enough. Even after we left the hospital, they’ve been out
to the house because he’s been on oxygen. They’ve been a great help.
“I always said once I got over the shock of what happened that
I’d do something for them.
“The nurses at the neonatal unit have given us a list of things the money can go towards, like toys for the babies who are in their cots all day.”
All money raised at the fun day Kerri has organised will go to the neonatal unit.
The event will run between noon and 4pm on Sunday, February 7, at Armadale
Community Centre, with £3
entry for kids and £2 for adults.
There will be a bouncy
castle, kids’ tattoos, face-painting, a treasure hunt, prizes, tea and coffee and cakes
and food.
Kerri has also set up a JustGiving page for donations at https://crowdfunding.
justgiving.com/
kevin-kiloh.
Culled from UK Mirror
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