1lb 5oz premature tot defies medics

A PREMATURE baby born at just 1lb 5oz has defied “one in a million” odds to survive.

Hanna Rose, 25, had son George at 23 weeks last July, a week before the abortion limit.

He was the length of a hypodermic syringe, his skin was translucent and doctors told Hanna and partner Daniel Bownes, 27, he would die.

After an operation, George was hit by sepsis and meningitis – and even had a final blessing.

But after 26 weeks in intensive care, he is home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Hanna said: “We were told George had a one in a million chance.

“At one point, a doctor said we had only hours. It’s a miracle that he’s here with us.”

George, seven months, only weighs 6lb 2oz and needs an oxygen tank to breathe. Some 75 per cent of his cerebellum, the brain area that controls movement, is damaged and a GoFundMe page has launched to pay for physiotherapy.

Hanna added: “He’s proved everyone wrong.”