BABY MIRACLE

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Samoa's 'Baby Miracle' needs help to live

She was not expected to survive for more than a few hours. Doctors had even decided she should not be fed.

But two months later, after her family refused to let her slip away, Samoa's "Baby Miracle" is clinging to life, despite terrible facial deformities.

Supporters have now launched a campaign to raise money to get tiny Miracle Tina Julie Nanai to New Zealand for a full medical assessment.

Miracle's birth two months ago in a village on the main Samoan island of Upolu was not what her parents had expected.

When doctors handed over their baby, they saw her tiny face was not as it should have been.

Her misshapen eyes were pushed to the side of her face, and her nose and mouth were malformed, preventing her from suckling.

Doctors simply told Miracle's parents that she should not be fed and would die within hours, Tanupo Aukuso, editor of the Samoan Post newspaper, said.

But the family refused to listen, and crept into the hospital to gently drip milk into the baby's mouth, gradually making her stronger.

After a week, Miracle left hospital but doctors say she needs surgery.

"According to doctors she can't survive this ... they also say she has a smaller brain than a normal baby," Aukuso said.

He said proper scans of the child had still not been carried out, and money was needed to get her to New Zealand for a full assessment.

Although Miracle's parents were originally keen to keep their child out of the spotlight, they reluctantly agreed to be filmed for New Zealand television to raise their plight.

Miracle can be see stretching and yawning and being fed milk in a syringe in the video, and being held by her grandmother Veronika.

Aukuso said it was uncertain how much money was needed to get the child to New Zealand and treated, but it would far exceed the family's finances.

"I spoke to one doctor who said it would be hundreds of thousands of dollars," he said.

After viewing the images of Miracle, New Zealand plastic surgeon Dr Tristan de Chalain told a television station the child must be properly examined.

"She has a significant deformity of the fronto-nasal area, the area above the nose. This could be a fronto-nasal dysplasia or it could be a meningocele, where the brain tissue is actually growing through the bone into the area between the eyes," he said.

A website where people can get further information about Miracle and donate money can be found at www.babymiracle.co.nz.

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[freshboy191]

If I ever looked like that I would wish I was never " saved" poor thing is gonna have a shitty life

[hotgreg]

@freshboy191 she dosent look anything like that anymore.

[fnathan1]

I had nightmares for a week after seeing the original video of thsi poor infant. I was in dental practice for 25 years and I know what she is going to have to go through to be "normalised".

I pray for health and strength for her and her parents.

[mzsavaii]

God bless u baby,awww how cute...to all of u bitches sayin shit abt her,im pretty sure yall life is full of shit....fuck yall bitches...may our gud Lord guide nd bless u baby,:'(

[ufa575]

FUCK ALL OF YOU THAT WAS TALKING SHIT ABOUT HER. I BET ALL OF YOU ARE UGLY AF...

[umnayazhopa]

vegetable

[kudzucaver]

I am apalled at some of the comments on here. I wish every person/cretin who posted had to leave their address for I would make sure you would know how it feels to live with this condition for I would come to your house and crush your face. That being said I wish the parents my best. My child has a much milder c CFND as well

[ktthorn]

@khriztine87 This is Tooa... Thank you for what you wrote. The family lives with Carol at her House of mercy.. She is an absolute blessing and a living angel. Anyone who has met her.. knows what I am saying. God bless you... Kristin

[ktthorn]

@freshboy191 She is now 4 and has a wonderful life. We adore her. if you knew her.. you would as well. Beauty.. is definately not necessarily on the outside. If she were your baby... and maybe one day you will be challenged like this.. you will love your child.

[jeff34442]

i bless the child, however i curse the parents that have allowed the baby to live, because even though you "saved" the baby, he/she would have the crappiest life. The child might be a miracle to the parents but for the child, bully's would be al over her, and the possibility of finding a job would be slim. like i said i bless the baby for the best possible future it cn have but i curse the parents with all my heart

[khriztine87]

bless you miracle & family..... these are my neighbours in siufaga falelatai..... miracle is a blessing to their family...she should be treated just like any other human being...the main thing that matters is that her parents love her & her family loves her.... see you in samoa sometime soon and have a merry merry xmas miracle God Bless you & family

[sandri36]

Parents are selfish. This girl is not going to have a normal future. It's a pain for her. They should listen to doctors.