A recent Houston Chronicle article appeared on a new tool to better predict outcomes for extremely premature babies. It included a link to a prediction calculator based on statistics such as gestational age, weight at birth, sex, and whether the mother received the lung steroids prior to birth. Here is how Truman fared:
Outcomes for Mechanically Ventilated Infants
Survival 24%
Survival Without Profound Neurodevelopmental Impairment 12%
Survival Without Moderate to Severe Neurodevelopmental Impairment 6%
Death 76%
Death or Profound Neurodevelopmental Impairment 88%
Death or Moderate to Severe Neurodevelopmental Impairment 94%
As much as I am a proponent of making sure to properly recognize Truman's disabilities and challenges, this goes to show that statistics are often crap. Either that, or it's one more piece of evidence that Truman has beaten a lot of odds.
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Truman is most definitely an odds-beater, as are his parents! WTG Borden family!!!
Katherine
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