After being born at only 26 weeks, Miracle's survival lived up to her name.
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IT WAS A LONG ULTRASOUND.
THEY JUST LOOKED AND THEY
STARED.
SO THAT KIND OF MADE A RED
FLAG.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
Reporter: THIS COUPLE
CAME TO THE DOCTOR'S
APPOINTMENT EXCITED TO SEE
THE IMAGE OF THEIR SECOND
BABY.
THEY NEVER IMAGINED THE
ULTRASOUND WOULD REVEAL
ALARMING NEWS.
DO YOU SEE THAT OPENING?
LOOK AT HER HEAD.
ALL THE BONES ARE NOT FUSED
TOGETHER.
Reporter: THE TWO
OPENINGS IN THE SKULL WERE
JUST THE BEGINNING OF BAD
NEWS.
THERE IS A HOLE IN THE
HEART BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO
OUTLETS THAT THIS BLOOD IS
RUNNING THROUGH, AND THERE
SHOULD ONLY BE ONE.
Reporter: AND THE FINAL
BLOW, THE ULTRASOUND SHOWED
THAT THE BABY'S SPINE WAS
CURVED.
I SAID TO MYSELF, NO.
WE ARE CHRISTIANS.
I'M A PASTOR.
THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN TO ME.
Reporter: KNOWING THEIR
CHILD FACED MULTIPLE HEALTH
PROBLEMS, THE COUPLE PUT
THEIR FAITH IN GOD THAT
THEIR BABY WOULD BE BORN
HEALTHY.
JUST HANGING ON TO GOD
THAT YOU CAN'T DISAPPOINT
US.
AND ALL OUR EGGS ARE GOING
TO BE IN YOUR BASKET.
WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
I HAD A CHOICE TO MAKE.
I'M GOING TO BELIEVE GOD,
THAT GOD IS GOING TO TURN
THIS AROUND FOR HIS GLORY.
Reporter: BUT TO
COMPLICATE MATTERS, MIRACLE
CAME THREE MONTHS EARLY,
WEIGHING ONLY ONE POUND,
SEVEN OUNCES.
A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS
QUICKLY WENT TO WORK TO SAVE
MIRACLE'S LIFE.
I WAS PICTURING THE
LORD'S HAND, WORKING WITH
THE DOCTORS, GUIDING THEM,
AND JUST WATCHING OVER HER.
SHE WAS BARELY BIGGER
THAN A DOLLAR BILL.
SHE WAS THAT TINY.
I TOLD MY HUSBAND, IS SHE
BREATHING?
AND HE SAID YES.
AND I SAID, IS SHE OKAY?
HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW, BUT
SHE IS REALLY TINY.
Reporter: MIRACLE'S
PROGNOSIS WAS BLEAK.
SHE HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING
AND HAD A HOLE IN HER
HEART.
HER SKULL WAS NOT FUSED, A
CONDITION KNOWN AS
ENSELFELSO.
AND HER SPINE WAS CURVED.
PROBABLY WITH HER
PROBLEMS, THE CHANCES OF
GETTING THROUGH ALL OF THAT
WERE PROBABLY LESS THAN
10%.
Reporter: AS DAYS
TURNED TO WEEKS, THE DOCTORS
SAID EVEN IF MIRACLE LIVED,
SHE FACED SEVERAL SERIOUS
HEALTH PROBLEMS.
EACH DAY, WHEN WE WENT TO
VISIT WITH MIRACLE, THERE
WAS A DOCTOR SAYING I'M NOT
SURE HOW MUCH SHE'LL BE ABLE
TO DO, HOW UPRIGHT SHE'LL BE
ABLE TO STAND.
THEY EVEN QUESTIONED MENTAL
RETARDATION.
Reporter: THEY REFUSED
TO BELIEVE THE DOCTORS'
REPORTS.
I KNOW OF ANOTHER DOCTOR
THAT HAS NEVER LOST A CASE.
HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST.
SO WHEN THEY CAME WITH THEIR
NEGATIVE REPORTS, WE NEVER
SAID ANYTHING.
WE JUST LISTENED TO THEM
BECAUSE UNDERNEATH OUR
BREATH WE KEPT SAYING, I
WILL BELIEVE THE REPORT OF
THE LORD.
I WILL JUST TALK TO HER,
HONEY, I'M FIGHTING AND
DADDY IS FIGHTING, BUT I
NEED YOU TO FIGHT BECAUSE
THIS IS A BATTLE WE CAN ALL
WIN.
JUST HANG IN THERE.
JUST HANG IN A LITTLE
LONGER.
WE'LL GET THERE.
WE'LL GET THERE.
Reporter: THEY
CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR A
MIRACLE EVERY DAY, AND SO
DID THEIR FRIENDS AND
FAMILY.
PEOPLE THAT WE ASKED TO
PRAY FOR MIRACLES, WE KNEW
THEY WERE PRAYING PEOPLE.
WE WERE NOT LOOKING FOR
SOMEBODY THAT WOULD APPEAL
US AND SAY, DON'T WORRY, GOD
WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE.
WE KNOW GOD WILL GIVE US
ANOTHER ONE, BUT WE WANT
THIS ONE TO LIVE.
Reporter: ONE OUNCE AT
A TIME, MIRACLE GOT
STRONGER.
THE TURNING POINT FOR US,
FOR ME, WAS WHEN THE TUBES
STARTED COMING OFF.
WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO WEAN
HER OFF THE VENTILATOR, AND
THEY TOOK OUT HER FEEDING
TUBE, AND SHE HAD STARTED
GAINING WEIGHT.
AND I THINK THE MOST
EXCITING DAY THAT TURNED
THIS WHOLE HOUSE UP SIDE
DOWN WAS WHEN THEY CALLED
AND SAID, YOU CAN BRING
CLOTHES FOR MIRACLE.
SHE CAN WEAR CLOTHES NOW.
Reporter: FOUR MONTHS
LATER, MIRACLE WENT HOME.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
MONTHS, SHE HAD TWO
SURGERIES, ONE TO FIX THE
HOLE IN HER HEART, AND ONE
TO FIX HER SKULL, AND HER
SPINE STRAIGHTENED ON ITS
OWN.
YOU THINK IN THE BACK OF
YOUR MIND, THEY WERE RIGHT
IN THEIR STRONG BELIEFS, AND
THAT SURELY HAD SOMETHING TO
DO WITH IT AS WELL.
Reporter: THE LITTLE
GIRL WHO WASN'T SUPPOSED TO
LIVE A NORMAL LIFE IS A
HEALTHY 6-YEAR-OLD.
IT WAS JUST PURE JOY,
WATCHING HER DO WHAT OTHER
KIDS DO, AND WATCHING HER DO
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAID SHE
PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO
DO.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH.
ONE OF THE DOCTORS SAID
IT BEST.
HE SAID, WOW, YOU KNOW, THAT
NAME MIRACLE, IT'S REALLY
WORKING FOR HER.
SHE IS A MIRACLE.
AND WE JUST SAY, WE SERVE A
MIRACLE-WORKING GOD.