Baby born without a brain survives one year
December 20th 2009 20:51
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Nicholas Coke was born without a brain one year ago. He was only supposed to live a few hours after his birth, but the baby shocked doctors and family by surviving an entire year.
The Pueblo, Colo. boy was born with a genetic disease called Anencephaly in which all or part of the brain is missing. Nicholas has a brain stem, which keeps him breathing, his heart beating, and his blood pressure stable.
According to his mother, Sheena Coke, Nicholas
“can’t see, he can’t hear, he can’t suck. He doesn’t crawl, doesn’t sit up.”
Anencephaly occurs in 1 out of 10,000 babies however; many such pregnancies lead to miscarriage prior to birth.
His mother said
“He’s a miracle. He’s changed so many lives.”
May we all inspire others as Nicholas Coke has done.
From: Examiner.com
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Comment by S.L.
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Nicholas' parents sound like good people. May God bless them.
Comment by katyzzz
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Apparently since I posted this, the little boy is laughing and smiling. Quite a miracle.
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Call it an accident or a miracle, rest assured those parents are like saints.
But I do understand how you feel and I'm sure I would not cope well under those circumstances.
While we don't approve of infanticide, these things are not going to go away.
I just find it ironic that so many are so willing to kill potentially happy humand beings and healthy ones by abortion practices, society seems to have some very odd values.
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