A MUM is hailing her Christmas miracle baby who docs said had died.
Hannah Cole, 27, was taken to hospital when her waters broke at 20 weeks.
SWNSDoctors told Hannah Cole her baby had died after medics could not detect a heartbeat[/caption]
SWNSLittle Oakley Cole-Fowler was born at just 24 weeks and three days in October and weighing only 780g[/caption]
She was then told her baby died in the womb after medics could not detect a heartbeat.
But desperate Hannah asked for a second scan — and a beat was found.
Little Oakley Cole-Fowler was born at just 24 weeks and three days in October and weighing only 780g.
He had a major operation on his intestine when he was eight days old and has had a stoma bag fitted.
Oakley is set to be in hospital until at least his due date of February 9 with more surgeries planned — but is now off the ventilator.
Hannah, from Wibsey, West Yorkshire, said: “I’m just so relieved. It’s been a rollercoaster. He is my Christmas miracle. He has been absolutely amazing from when he was born. He has come on in leaps and bounds and I can’t wait to get him home.”
In October, bosses at Bradford Royal Infirmary launched an investigation and issued an apology for the “distress and anxiety” caused by their initial fatal diagnosis.
A spokesman for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: “We have concluded our investigation which is now being shared with Ms Cole.
“We would like to send our congratulations to her and her family on the birth of Oakley and wish the family well during his long neonatal journey.”