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Article: AMAZING GRACIE.
- Article from:
- Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England)
- Article date:
- January 20, 2006
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3 weeks after brush with death, she's fighting fit
by Geoff Fox
SHE'S the angel that parents Matthew and Natasha didn't dare to hope would see 2006.
Gracie Emma Loveridge was delivered by emergency Caesarean without a heartbeat after her mum suffered a haemorrhage that starved her of oxygen.
Gracie suffered kidney and liver failure as doctors at Leeds General Infirmary battled for 17 minutes to resuscitate her.
Natasha was unconscious throughout, having lost a vast quantity of blood and Matthew was told by staff his daughter was battling for her life.
Now, just three weeks later, mother and baby are fighting fit and ...