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Dr. Daniel Alvarez a pediatrician Hospital San Benito holds very premature baby. “We call these children little miracles because it’s a miracle that he’s alive with the conditions we have in this hospital,” he said. “She was premature, a condition that is associated with adolescent mothers. There is a restriction of growth because the womb is not big enough. Her lungs were not developed enough to be outside of the mother’s womb so early. We didn’t think that she was going to survive. But she has proven us wrong and is battling to survive and to eat. Thanks to God she has progressed really good. But she still has many complications in her way.”

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Dr. Daniel Alvarez a pediatrician Hospital San Benito holds very premature baby. “We call these children little miracles because it’s a miracle that he’s alive with the conditions we have in this hospital,” he said. “She was premature, a condition that is associated with adolescent mothers. There is a restriction of growth because the womb is not big enough. Her lungs were not developed enough to be outside of the mother’s womb so early. We didn’t think that she was going to survive. But she has proven us wrong and is battling to survive and to eat. Thanks to God she has progressed really good. But she still has many complications in her way.”