A boy weighing only 275 grams after being born in Germany is the world's lightest ever to have survived a premature birth. The baby, who doctors dubbed "Tom Thumb" was less than the length of A-4 paper and weighed a fraction over 9.7 ounces when he was born by Caesarean section 15 weeks prematurely in June 2009.
For 24 hours a day, the child was in an incubator and hooked up to feeding tubes, breathing tubes, a heart monitor, a catheter and a plethora of electronic devices to monitor every vital sign as he faced risks of cerebral haemorrhage or organ failure. In December, the baby was finally pronounced "stable" after achieving a weight of 8.2 lbs. Now, nine months after his birth, doctors have allowed the unnamed boy's parents to take him home. Telegraph
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