Ο Γιαννάκης της Μελβούρνης γεννήθηκε 26 εβδομάδων,395 γρ.και τα κατάφερε. Γύρισε σπιτι μετα 165 μέρες

Ο πιο μικρός άνθρωπος στην Αυστραλία που επέζησε!!

Ο μικρούλης της φωτογραφίας μας  Γιάννης Μεταξιώτης αποτελεί 
ήδη ένα ιστορικό πρόσωπο για τη Μελβούρνη και ίσως σε ολόκληρο
 τον κόσμο.

Γεννήθηκε στις 26 εβδομάδες  και ζύγιζε μόλις 395 γραμμάρια. 
Δεν ήταν βαρύτερος απο ένα κουτάκι Κόκα κόλα και το μέγεθός 
του ήταν όσο ένα στυλό διαρκείας!!

Ο μικρός Γιαννάκης είναι ένα απο τα μικρότερα σε μέγεθος παιδιά
 που επέζησαν στη Βικτώρια,γράφει σήμερα η εφημερίδα "Χέραλντ -Σαν"
 της Μελβούρνης.

Baby John defied the odds after being born at 26 weeks weighing just 395g. 
Picture: David Caird. Source:News Limited

Μετα απο 165 μέρες στο Νοσοκομείο Μερσυ (Mercy Hospital for Women)
 θα ξυπνήσει στο σπίτι του για πρώτη φορά και οι γονείς του Πώλα
 και Κώστας αισθάνονται πολύ χαρούμενοι που θα τον έχουν δίπλα
 τους ενώ οι στατιστικές μιλουν ότι κάτι τέτοιο ήταν αδύνατο να συμβεί.....

Τη χαρούμενη και συγκλονιστική αυτή είδηση διαβάστε την όπως 
την παρουσίασε πριν λίγες ώρες η αγγλόφωνη της Μελβούρνης
 HERALD-SUN

Born at 26 weeks weighing the size of a 

can of coke, baby John is one of Victoria’s 

smallest babies to survive

• BRIGID O’CONNELL
• HERALD SUN
• MAY 28, 2014 10:00PM

THE survival of baby John Metaxiotis is down to the willing 
of big hearts, the work of many hands and his own 
determination.

Born at 26 weeks weighing 395g - no heavier than a can of Coke - and j
ust the length of a ballpoint pen, John is one of the smallest babies to
survive in Victoria.

After 165 days at Mercy Hospital for Women, he will wake up for the first 
time at home.

It took 15 failed IVF attempts and three miscarriages, but parents Paula
 and Con spent their first night together as a family when the statistics 
say it shouldn’t be possible.

The average weight of babies born on the cusp of life and death, at 24
 weeks’ gestation, is 588g.

Just two of the five babies born at the Mercy under 400g in the past 10 
years have survived. Ultrasounds at 20 weeks revealed John was two 
weeks under size, and the couple were referred to obstetrician
 Professor Sue Walker.

They were told nothing could be done to repair the placenta issues that
 were starving John of nutrients and oxygen, aside from bed rest and
 “hoping for the best”.

“Everything is put together by the end of the first trimester,”
 Prof Walker said.

“You’ve got the right number of fingers and toes, kidneys and the 
heart structure you’re going to have for the rest of your life.

Parents Con and Paula Metaxiotis cuddle their baby, John. Picture: David Caird.
But there is so much more growth and maturation to do.From the 
first scans we saw, we thought we weren’t going to be able to salvage
 a baby out of this situation.”Mrs Metaxiotis was suffering severe sleep
 apnoea - causing her to stop breathing 30 times an hour - and she
 was given CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) therapy as a
 last-ditch attempt to buy her baby more time inside the womb. But 
on December 14, time was up.

“He looked as small as a newborn kitten,” Mrs Metaxiotis said.

“It felt like you were holding nothing. We were petrified.”

John dropped to 330g in that first week because of problems 
with his underdeveloped lungs.

But around-the-clock care by doctors and nurses at Mercy’s NICU 
saw John progress from mechanical ventilation to the low-flow oxygen
 support he returned home on.

“I gave him goals every day. That’s how we got through,” 
Mrs Metaxiotis said.

“He has proved everyone wrong. We now just wish for him 
to have a happy and healthy life.”