23 Weeker Defies Odds By Breathing Just One Week After Birth

23 Weeker Defies Odds By Breathing Just One Week After Birth

Berselia Hernandez Chavarri, a seven-day-old premature baby girl, lies in an incubator as her mother Sonia Chavarri looks on in Regional Hospital in Trujillo, Peru, Sunday, April 26, 2009. According to Regional Hospital Director Oscar Salirrosas, Berselia was born at 23 weeks, weighing 450 grams (15.87 ounces) and measuring 25 centimeters (9.84 inches). (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)

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