Our Little Miracle Baby (Frank and Jennifer)

Frank Polk - 11:44pm Jan 20, 2005 EST

Our twin boys were born on 2-28-04 at 24 weeks. They were diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfsion syndrome. By the time the doctors caught it they said there was nothing they could do. The doctors told us that there was a five percent chance that our one son would make it and told us that if our other son made it he would have serious problems. So first came Brady Micheal the bigger of the two and he passed away during labor, then came our little miracle child, Brody Alexander. Brody weighed in at 14 oz, yes 14 oz and was 11 1/2 in long. He was the one they gave a five percent chance of living. His first obstacle was to be inhibieted. They said that is a very large task considering how small he was. He spent his first 4 months of his life in the NICU. There were ups and downs along the way. He was on a vent for 2 1/2 months. His kidneys did not start fuctioning correctly until he was 4 weeks old. Other than that no really big setbacks. Had laser surgery on one eye. He got to come home the day before Father's Day, what a wonderful Father's Day gift it was. As of today almost 11 months old Brody now weighs 14.1 lbs and is 25 1/2 in tall. His doctors tell us that there are no signs of any problems at this point, which they are amazed because of how small he was. But all head sono's and cat scans looked normal. We know that Brody made it through all of this with the help of his guardian angel "his big brother Brady". To everyone out there have faith because miracles do happen and our Little Brody is living proof!!