Melinda Star Guido, so tiny yet so famous has become quite a star as she is come to be known as one of the smallest babies to be born in the world weighing 91/2 ounces.
She was born prematurely at 24 weeks delivered by a cesarean section in late August to a 22-year-old mother and was in an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit in Los Angeles ever since.
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Hypertension in the mother had hampered the nourishment to the developing fetus and had led to premature birth.
"It takes a lot of good care and a lot of good luck. Most of them don't survive," said pediatrician Dr. Edward Bell of the University of Iowa.
Source: Medindia
Source: Medindia
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