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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp
If true, this would be a world record previously unknown to medical science. Call the Guinness Book if you can document this. 21 weeks, 5 days is the current record, and first occurred in the 1980s (in other words, after the introduction of surfactant therapy).[/QUOTE
Interesting - None of the doctors who knew his case ever suggested this, including my nurse practicioner sister-in-law, who works in the hospital where he was born. I'm sure its documentable.
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Your husband clearly was NOT 19wks 4days at birth. No fetus has EVER survived at that age. The physician attending your mother in law did not document the age appropriately, and her dates were off. It's not uncommon to have incorrect dates. I'm sure he weighed over 1000g at birth, as well. If a child were ever to survive at that age, it would be a female anyway as they do better than males. I also agree with Low C Sharp, this wouldn't have occurred before surfactant was available...it's not even possible now.
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