"Tiniest babies are growing up healthy despite odds"

      On December 11, an article was posted on Yahoo written by Lindsey Tanner, titled "Tiniest babies are growing up healthy despite odds". This article was written as a followup to what happened to two of the tiniest babies ever born in the world. Both babies survived despite all odds and are now in healthy conditions. At the time, Madeline Mann was the tiniest baby, who was born in 1989 weighing only 9.9 ounces. The world record now, is Rumaisa Rahman, who is now seven years old, weighing only 9.2 ounces. In order to be considered a "tiny baby", the newborn must weigh less than an ounce. In most cases, the babies do not survive. In the latest report, it showed that about 7,500 babies are born each year in the United States which weigh less than a pound, and only ten percent of them survive. The cases of Madeline and Rumaisa are extremely unique, and doctors know not to set them as examples, but as miracles.
      There have been about one hundred twenty four listed babies born less than one pound since 1936. Doctors usually try to resuscitate babies born around twenty four weeks of pregnancy, although even at that age chances of survival are still slim. Many newborns weighing that little can become blind, or have mental retardation issues. When reporters checked back in with Madeline Mann, she was in college studying psychology, weighing just sixty five pounds, with a height four foot eight. However, her only health issue is asthma, and she is healthy in all other aspects. It is important to know about this, because it is always intriguing to learn about the miracles that can take place in hospital, and the lengths which some people may go through to save a life.