On Thursday, her parents talked about the ordeal.
To her parents, Haydee Ibarra, 22, and Yovani Guido, 24, Melinda is a miracle baby and Guido said he has faith in her. He sees the day when he can take her to the park.
"She's a fighter," Guido said. "No doubt about that. She's a fighter."
Melinda was just 270 grams at birth--the size of a soda can.
"It was scary," Ibarra told reporters Thursday outside the hospital. "Everybody was telling me the same thing: that she wasn't going to be able to make it, that she was too tiny. For two months, she was too sick for her parents to hold her. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...size-of-a-soda-can-a-fighter-parents-say.html
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To her parents, Haydee Ibarra, 22, and Yovani Guido, 24, Melinda is a miracle baby and Guido said he has faith in her. He sees the day when he can take her to the park.
"She's a fighter," Guido said. "No doubt about that. She's a fighter."
Melinda was just 270 grams at birth--the size of a soda can.
"It was scary," Ibarra told reporters Thursday outside the hospital. "Everybody was telling me the same thing: that she wasn't going to be able to make it, that she was too tiny. For two months, she was too sick for her parents to hold her. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...size-of-a-soda-can-a-fighter-parents-say.html
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