UK’s Most Premature Twins Finally Go Home 5 Months After Being Given 0% Chance of Survival:
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‘The UK’s most premature twins’ have finally headed home from the hospital just five months after their birth when they were given a zero percent chance of survival. Little Harley and Harry Crane were conceived via IVF and were born at 22 weeks and five days. Babies born after only five months of development are not classed as legally viable, but the hardy siblings clung to life, and have amazed doctors. Jade Crane, the mother of the miracle twins, had tried to get pregnant naturally for over three years with no luck. She decided to start an IVF (in vitro fertilization) which is a process of removing mature ovaries, fertilizing them in the lab, and reinserting the fertilized eggs back into the uterus. She experienced many miscarriages with IVF throughout 11 years and it seemed hopeless. However, now the miracle twins are heading home with Jade this week to their home in Derby, just 2 and half weeks past their original due date. Even with many doctors saying that the babies were born with many defects, the twins have defied the odds and will go down in medical history as the toughest babies in the U.K.
Strangers are Leaving Strollers, Diapers, and Toys at the Border for Ukrainian Refugee Moms:
An image recently shared around social media of empty strollers on a Polish rail border crossing has inspired a mountain of donations for Ukrainian refugees. Now at Przemyśl Station, women, children, and infants fleeing the war are being greeted by mountains of clothes, stuffed animals, strollers, diapers, and more after they step off the train. ABC reports that the number of spare carriers and strollers from Polish mothers have been particularly inspiring, with many donators leaving handwritten notes behind, with words of support. The effort has become more organized over the weeks which CNN details have spread like wildfire mostly by word of mouth. The Medyka border crossing from Ukraine involves taking a train to Przemyśl Station, which has become the center of the relief effort. The rooms of the train station are now being transformed from waiting rooms into warehouses, for food, diapers, and clothes. Beyond the station, people from across Europe have been seen waiting in cars offering to drive incoming refugees to wherever they have relations or a place to stay.
NBA Basketball Star Donates Full Salary This Season to Build Hospital in DR Congo to Honor Father:
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Bismack Biyombo, returning to the NBA after a year as a free agent, has announced he will donate the entire $1.3 million value of his contract to the construction of a hospital in his home town in Congo. Taking last season off to care for his sick father, who passed away in August of 2021, Biyombo said he became aware of just how fortunate he was simply to be able to bring his father to the hospital. The construction will be carried out through the Bismack Biyombo Foundation, which uses the star’s success as an NBA player to help those in the Democratic Republic of Congo. During the early pandemic, the Foundation delivered $1 million in medical supplies to hospitals across the country. The hospital will be named in honor of the man whom Miyombo described as “my friend, my business partner, my mentor, and everything.”
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