Dead for 25mins, stillborn Ella recovered after medics ‘froze’ her for three days
A BABY girl who was born dead miraculously survived after doctors FROZE her for three days.
Stillborn Ella Anderson bled to death in the womb.
She was revived 25 minutes after her birth - but she had suffered oxygen starvation and medics feared she could still die or be left with crippling brain damage.
They whisked her to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, where a pioneering cooling technique was used. It works by slowing down the metabolism of the brain, enabling it to repair itself.
Ella was wrapped in a blanket filled with cold water and her temperature was allowed to plummet from 37C to 33.5C.
Dad Jason Anderson, 33, of Werrington, Peterborough, said: "When we went to see her in the hospital, she was wired up to every kind of machine and tube imaginable.
"I laid my hand on her head - and she was ice cold to the touch."
After 72 hours her body heat was slowly raised by half a degree at a time. After 11 days she was allowed home - and nine months later Ella has amazed doctors with her progress.
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