A Miracle Of Modern Medicine

Madeline Mann plays the violin in this recent picture. Born at 27 weeks into her mother's pregnancy, she weighed just 9.9 ounces, less than any surviving baby in medical history. Next week, she enters high school as something even more extraordinary: an honors student who plays violin and likes to rollerblade. (AP Photo/Courtesy of New England Journal of Medicine




Below is a picture of Madeline at birth. Pretty remarkable, huh?