4 years ago, this baby boy was born with a weight of only 435 grams. What does he look like now?
Little baby boy Kayo was born at 23 weeks of pregnancy. Contrary to all the doctors’ predictions and thanks to the hope and faith of his parents, the boy remained alive. Looking at him now, it’s hard to believe that he once weighed a little more than four hundred grams.
At 23 weeks of pregnancy, Jessica Doxy, Kayo’s mother was admitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with a life—threatening diagnosis – preeclampsia. The woman urgently underwent an emergency caesarean section.
The chance of life was only 10% for a child whose weight was only 435 grams, but he was breathing. Jessica Doxy and her husband had a choice: to let their son go or to fight for his life. The mother’s heart chose the second option.
Baby Kayo was under oxygen for six weeks in a specially equipped incubator, which created conditions similar to development in the womb. Jessica herself was discharged a week after she gave birth. Therefore, every day the mother pumped milk and brought her son to the intensive care unit.
Proper nutrition and therapy did their job — by the time Kayo was discharged, he already weighed 3.7 kg. Parents were able to take the baby home on Christmas Eve.
“For 72 hours I felt terrible pain, but I was saved by the belief that everything would be fine with my son,” says the child’s mother.
Kayo is the third child in the Doxy family. The first daughter Stella was also born prematurely at 36 weeks of pregnancy, then the expectant mother was admitted to the hospital with a terrible headache. Jessica was diagnosed with preeclampsia (a pathological condition that usually occurs in the second half of pregnancy and leads to persistent high blood pressure, impaired blood clotting and liver and kidney failure), the woman believed that this rare complication would not happen again. But unfortunately, the disease caught up with her again and much earlier than the previous time.
Over time, Jessica began to develop a sense of guilt because of what happened to the baby. “I constantly convinced myself that I was the culprit of my child’s suffering, that my body was to blame for everything. It’s very scary to see how your son is suffering,” she recalls.
Jessica believed and hoped that Kayo would recover. The mom often came to the hospital to look at her baby. She admitted that it was the most difficult time for their family, when there is a danger for your child, and you can’t help him.
“The day we carried Kayo home in our arms, peace finally came to our house.”
The parents of the baby thank fate that their son survived. Now he is gaining weight quickly and looking at the boy it is hard to believe that he was born at such a small time with minimal weight.
