When baby girl Frankie Morrison was born, doctors told her parents, Maria Sandars and Chris Morrison, that there was a priest available. They did not believe Frankie was going to make it.
It all began when Sandars stopped feeling Frankie move in the womb. She went to the ER, but doctors said it was only the baby being "lazy." They sent Sandars back home, but the mother still knew something was wrong.
Sandars went back two days later. Frankie still was not moving, but she had a heartbeat. Sandars had an emergency C-section. Frankie was born unresponsive and lifeless, so doctors quickly whisked the child away.
Things looked grim. Frankie was born with just two tablespoons of blood in her body; everything else was water. This is 15% less blood than the average amount.
“When I came around I could see people standing around me crying. There was this little eight-pound baby who was so bloated because she had all this water instead of blood inside her," Sandars told Daily Mail.
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Babies can pass blood back through the umbilical cord, but normally not at this rate. After two successful blood transfusions, doctors were in disbelief that Frankie survived.
"She went back at six months for a checkup with her consultant and he was nearly in tears because he couldn't believe how well she was doing," the mother said. "They didn't have much hope for her at all. They didn't think she would see the day out."
