Baby saves mother from blood clot, at Sheba
July 14, 2010 by Dana Karni FOXNEWS.COM
A new miracle birth in the Holy land?
In a land well known for the biblical story of a holy birth, The Israeli media is trumpeting a new modern miracle from a baby to be.
There were no three wise men or a manger this time but there was one smart yet to be born child waving at the doctors - look there is something wrong.
On Sunday, mom to be Hindi Gross was undergoing a routine sonogram at the Sheba hospital in central Israel, a day before her pre-planned C-section.
She felt good, there were no indications of any problem, but when the doctor looked at the sonogram screen he was very surprised.
"I saw something floating in the amniotic fluid and the baby grabbed and waved it, as if trying to tell us - take a look at that, something is wrong. I have seen blood clots in the uterus before but I have never seen a baby grabbing it and waving it like that", Dr. Yinon Gilboa, obstetrics and gynecology specialist, told Fox.
The doctor soon realized that the baby was holding a 2.75 inch blood clot and the mother was rushed to the OR.
The little baby girl was delivered safely and is now 4 days old. She does not have a name yet but she is already known through out Israel as the little heroine who miraculously saved her mother's life.
Take a look at the baby sonogram (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center, Israel) online
