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Preemie Had Virtually NO Chance of Survival: Then He Shocked Doctors by "Defying All Scientific Odds"Doctors are understandably stunned. "Survival at this gestational age has never happened before, so before Curtis was born his chances of survival would have been far less than 1%," said Dr. Colm Travers.
Plainly stated: no one has ever been born so young and survived. Curtis' harrowing story is deeply intriguing. Things were going well for expectant mom Michelle "Chelly" Butler during her pregnancy last year until she went into premature labor on July 4, 2020, and was rushed to the hospital. That's when the situation took a dire turn. Curtis was delivered 132 days premature, weighing less than 1 pound; his twin, C'Asya, died a day after their birth. By all accounts, the prognosis for the small baby was grim — but … a miracle unfolded. Curtis overcame every obstacle, is now healthy and has been designated by Guinness "the world's most premature baby to survive." Doctors are understandably stunned. "Survival at this gestational age has never happened before, so before Curtis was born his chances of survival would have been far less than 1%," Dr. Colm Travers, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told Guinness World Records. Travers was "astounded" to see the child responding so well to treatments the day after his birth — and as time progressed, Curtis just kept defying the odds. With a less than 1% chance of survival, he wasn't giving up. "Curtis defied all scientific odds," Travers told UAB News. "Gestational age and birth weight are two key predictors of a premature baby's survival, and other factors include if the baby is a female, a single birth, and if the mother was administered steroids that help with lung development before birth. Curtis did not meet any of these criteria." Click here to continue reading. 
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