Miraculous Micro-Preemie Baby Shocks the World

Babies come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, but they all have one thing in common- they are meant to be.

The pro-death community wants to be able to say that only certain lives matter, that only some lives are worth fighting for, but we know all life has intrinsic value.

One tiny little soul has made a big splash on all those blessed by her presence, proving to the world that a baby’s size does not determine its worth.

Jamie Florio’s pregnancy seemed like it was going as planned, until an ultrasound revealed that her baby was not developing quite like other babies.

He didn’t have a heart defect, brain malformation, or six toes, but something a little more unique.

Little baby Florio was small, and not just preemie small.

Today reports:

When Jaimie Florio was 19 weeks pregnant, doctors discovered that her baby was tinier than normal. It was like he was 17 weeks not 19. They ran tests to try to understand why, but the results provided no answers. And baby Connor’s development seemed as if it almost stopped.”

Babies grow so rapidly in the womb, that a couple weeks difference in weight and development could mean a matter of life and death.

Florio is a 29-year-old mother from Danbury, Connecticut who didn’t have all the answers, but knew she needed to do everything she could before the baby arrives to ensure his survival.

His growth was really slowing. They kept telling me he needed to be 500 grams — which is about a pound — to be viable,” Florio relayed to Today. “He was nowhere near there. I knew we needed a really good neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).”

Checkups intensified after the discovery of Conner’s halted development, resulting in Florio going in for ultrasounds every other day.

The doctors hope was that Florio would be able to carry baby Conner in the womb for at least 24 weeks to give him a fighting chance in the outside world.

Amazingly, the brave mother made it, having to be admitted to the hospital at 25 weeks.

It wasn’t until a week later in the hospital that doctors found a near-deadly complication with little Connor that brought about the day she had been longing for.

Cord blood flow had reversed, leading doctors to deliver the baby by Cesarean-section, according to Today.

The whole event was scary, as one would expect, not knowing if your beautiful child that you painstakingly carried in the womb would be able to enjoy his first birthday.

Florio reflects on those moments right after birth:

“I was pretty terrified. They checked the size of him and told me he was only going to be 13 or 14 ounces and even that was too small to be viable. Apparently he was crying but we couldn’t hear it. It was so scary.”

Waiting to hear those first cries after delivery is how mothers know that their babies made it out okay, that they are adjusting to the air outside their previous watery home with grace.

Florio didn’t have that luxury with Conner, she was forced to rely on her excellent medical staff.

Conner did not stop fighting despite all the odds against him, despite his little lungs being unable to bear the pressures of taking a good breath, and despite society’s view that “viable” is a fixed number.

Conner was born a micro-preemie at a precious and vulnerable weight of only 11 ounces, before being quickly taken to Westchester Medical Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital’s NICU.

As soon as Florio could, she visited little Conner in the NICU, witnessing a sight that is hard for any mother to see.

Hooked up to various tubes and beeping machines, Connor was being treated with steroids to develop his lungs further, and on a ventilator to breathe.

But he was alive, and he was stable.

It is hard to imagine a baby that small, a micro-preemie. Florio said to Today, “I didn’t really notice how tiny he was. Now, I notice it more when I compare him. He looked like a miniaturized baby,”

When he put his hand on my finger, his whole hand barely covered my fingernail.”, she adds.

Life moving forward from the NICU is not expected to be easy, but then again no mothering is.

During his time at the NICU, Connor had a “small brain bleed”, Today reports, which was mended swiftly.

After a tiring 5 months in the NICU, baby Connor was transferred to Blythedale Children’s Hospital weighing in at a perfect 6.6 pounds.

Connor was not expected to survive, with Dr. Dennis Davidson saying, “I can’t remember in my 40 year career if a baby this small has ever survived,” according to Today.

Dr. Davidson who is the unit chief for Blythedale’s Infant and Toddler Unit added, “We didn’t find any babies born in the United States that small who survived.”

But Connor survived and thrived.

After a short while at Blythedale, Florio was able to take her former micro bundle of joy home.

Many states have abortion laws that make it possible to kill little babies like Conner in the womb, leading the general public to believe that children are not viable at this point outside the womb.

We can see with this story that they can be.

Don’t let liberals diminish the value of a life, because the baby doesn’t fit into a statistical bell curve, or because the baby bears the mark of a particular age deemed insignificant.

Connor has been a blessing to his parents who fought for him, and to the medical staff who assisted in his success.

Connor was meant to be.

Please let us know in the comments section if you have ever seen a micro-preemie before, and how Conner’s story may alter liberal pro-death propaganda.