Miracle baby: This yet-to-be-named baby girl survived being buried alive for two hours after her parents mistakenly thought she had been stillborn.
Typically, when we report on ‘Miracle Babies” we are referring to either babies born months ahead of schedule who survive nonetheless or newborns who have been abandoned often in situations where their chance of survival was next to zero.
Out of China, via The Daily Mail in a story dated last Friday, comes something else: an absolutely incredible account of a baby who had been buried alive but survived!
Lu Xiaoyun, the mother of a seven year old daughter, went into labor on their farm in Dongdong, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Convinced she was only four months pregnant, she and her husband, He Yong, were sure she must be experiencing a miscarriage, Sara Malm reported for MailOnline.
After experiencing sudden sharp stomach pains, Ms. Lu “gave birth to what she thought was a stillborn girl.” According to Malm
She called her husband, who rushed back from work to find her in a pool of blood.
Ms. Lu was taken to hospital, but Mr. Ye told ambulance staff there was no point to check on the baby as it was dead.
In the meantime, Ms. Lu’s mother buried the baby under a tree in the yard.
But fortunately when a hospital doctor asked the father about the baby, the physician suggested “that the body should be checked properly first as there might be a chance the girl was alive.” That’s the important first part of the “miracle,” but what happens next is even more stunning.
Malm reports that Mr. Ye was shocked when he learned that his mother-in-law had already buried his baby girl. Incredibly, when he rushed over to the yard and dug up his daughter—who had been buried for two hours! —she was still breathing! He rushed his daughter to the hospital.
Sure enough, doctors established that Lu Xiaoyun was six-months pregnant, not four. But the family only had enough money to have their tiny preemie treated for three days after which she was discharged.
And then comes Phase Three of the Miracle Baby story. Malm writes
However, after Chinese media picked up the story of the miracle baby, news of their plight spread and people began to donate money.
Thanks to then able to return their daughter to hospital where she is being kept in an incubator.
By Dave Andrusko, NRL News Today
