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A little girl who was born with no blood in her body has started school, four years after making a miraculous recovery.
Maisy Vignes's entire blood supply was absorbed by her mother, Emma Vignes, 31, during pregnancy. But she survived, much to the bafflement of medics, who said it was "unheard of".
t was feared that Maisy, born six weeks premature in December 2009, would be left brain damaged after being starved of oxygen in the womb.
After two weeks in intensive care, during which she received three blood transfusions, she met all developmental milestones and is now, aged four, impressing teachers at school
Mrs Vignes, a former hotel receptionist, said: "It was an unbelievable situation - none of the consultants had ever heard of something like it happening before.
"There were previous cases of children being born with tiny amounts of blood, but Maisy had a haemoglobin level of a flat zero.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Maisy Vignes's entire blood supply was absorbed by her mother, Emma Vignes, 31, during pregnancy. But she survived, much to the bafflement of medics, who said it was "unheard of".
t was feared that Maisy, born six weeks premature in December 2009, would be left brain damaged after being starved of oxygen in the womb.
After two weeks in intensive care, during which she received three blood transfusions, she met all developmental milestones and is now, aged four, impressing teachers at school
Mrs Vignes, a former hotel receptionist, said: "It was an unbelievable situation - none of the consultants had ever heard of something like it happening before.
"There were previous cases of children being born with tiny amounts of blood, but Maisy had a haemoglobin level of a flat zero.
'Greatest gift' as girl, born with 'no blood', starts school
Four years after astounding doctors by being born with a haemoglobin level of "flat zero", and surviving, Maisy Vignes is a normal little girl who is impressing teachers
www.telegraph.co.uk
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