Wednesday, September 21, 2005
World's Tiniest Baby...
Rumaisa Rahman, is seen next to a hand a few weeks after she was bornThe world’s smallest baby
just celebrated her 1st birthdayMAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) -- A baby born weighing less than a soda can and believed to be the smallest baby ever to survive has celebrated her first birthday.
Rumaisa Rahman who weighed just 8.6 ounces at birth and was less than 10 inches long, turned a year old on Monday. She now weighs 13 pounds and is 24 inches tall.
Loyola University Medical Center, the suburban Chicago hospital where the girl received treatment until she was discharged in February, hosted a birthday party for Rumaisa and her fraternal twin sister, Hiba.
Hiba, who was discharged from the hospital a month before Rumaisa, was only 1 pound, 4 ounces at birth. She now weighs 17 pounds and is 26 inches tall.Full-term, 1-year-old babies usually weigh around 20 pounds.
From one preemie to another ( I came into the world at 2lbs, 14 inches, my twin was smaller and didn’t survive) I’d like to wish Rumaisa and Hiba a very happy birthday and a healthy life full of happiness and success.
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