Tomy Pratt is thriving now despite making a dramatic entrance weighing just 710g
Meet the premature baby who was so tiny his foot was the size of his mum's fingertip - and weighed just 710g. Tommy Pratt was born at just 24 weeks and spent 102 days fighting for his life at Leicester Royal Hospital.
Karianne, a beauty business owner from Leicestershire, said: "Looking at Tommy now, you'd never know what he's been through. When I started having contractions at 24 weeks, I went into complete shock. Karianne and her husband, who also have a daughter, Lily, seven, were over the moon when she fell pregnant with her second child in September 2020. The first few weeks of pregnancy went ''by without a hitch'' until 19 weeks when she began to bleed.
"I couldn't believe how tiny he was," Karianne admitted. It was really scary, but I never once doubted that he wouldn't pull through. It was horrible not being able to cuddle him straight away, but he had to be put in an incubator. Tommy had weekly eye tests to check the development of the blood vessels, but he did not receive treatment as it cleared by itself. He was also diagnosed with chronic lung disease; however his condition is mild and does not hold him back.
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