By Baby born weighing 1lb 11oz beats Covid and Sepsis
Archie Edwards was born in Burnley weighing 1lb 11oz who fought Covid, Sepsis and E.Coli within 8 weeks.
Sheree Murray was 25 weeks pregnant when she gave birth to Archie, who weighed just 765g, on 1 December.
He was named Archie Terry Marcel Edwards, Terry after his late-grandfather and Marcel because it means “little warrior”.
He had to be resuscitated by medics at birth when he stopped breathing and was rushed to intensive care where he was put on a ventilator.
His proud mum has praised the NHS medics who saved her ‘miracle’ baby boy and thanked them for all they have done..
Sheree said: “I finally got to hold his hand four days after he was born.
“It felt absolutely magical holding his hand – it was scary but magical at the same time.”
At only five weeks old Archie had an E-coli infection which led to sepsis.
One week later his parents were told he had tested positive for Covid-19 meaning he had to quarantine for 10 days.
Ms Murray said she was “devastated” when Archie was diagnosed with coronavirus because the “killer virus was taking the healthiest people and my baby was so poorly”.
Archie now weighs 3lb (1.36kg) and is doing “better than ever before”, his mum said.
His parents are only allowed to visit him at the hospital separately because of the pandemic.
Both his mother and father are feeling they can “finally breathe” now he is out of quarantine.
They have said: “Words could never explain how much we are looking forward to bringing him home”.
