Ghost white baby born without any blood
Apr 3, 2012 12:01:06 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Apr 3, 2012 12:01:06 GMT -5
Ghost white baby born without any blood
Little Olivia Norton has been hailed a miracle by doctors - after being born with no blood.
Olivia Norton was given less than two hours to live but survived thanks to emergency transfusions which transformed her into a glowing healthy pink colour Photo: Casey Gutteridge/SWNS.com
9:49AM BST 02 Apr 2012
Oliva, now six months, was born completely white because she had such a low count of haemoglobin - the chemical which carries oxygen in red blood cells - that it could not officially be classed as 'blood'.
She was given less than two hours to live but survived thanks to emergency transfusions which transformed her into a glowing healthy pink colour.
Mother Louise Bearman, 31, a barrister's clerk, told of her shock at giving birth to a "ghost white" baby whose condition was so rare she will now feature in medical text books.
She said: "Olivia was my first baby, so I didn't really know what to expect - but I certainly didn't think she'd be that colour.
"I'll never forget what the doctors notes said - 'white and floppy'.
www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9182387/Ghost-white-baby-born-without-any-blood.html
