Boorowa residents Leonard and Joan Oxley are thankful they can call themselves the proud great-grandparents of two recent arrivals from granddaughter Kate Ogg, rather than one.
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Ms Oxley said her great-grandson Jamie was declared dead when doctors delivered twins Jamie and Emily but was later found to be alive. She said it was a mother’s touch that brought the newborn back to life.
“The doctors worked on the little fella for 20 minutes. The doctor asked her what name she had for the baby and she said Jamie. The doctor then said to Kate ‘we have lost him’,” Ms Oxley said.
“They then wrapped Jamie up and gave him to Kate and her husband so they could say goodbye.
“But Kate unwrapped Jamie and kept patting him. Every now and then he would take a little breath,” she said.
“Kate called the sister in but they said the breathing was just a reflex action.
“Kate kept working on Jamie and finally she gave the baby some colostrum. Jamie took the colostrum and kept breathing.
“After about two hours they called the doctor back in and he said it was a miracle.”
Ms Oxley said the delivery was a close call but that they were overjoyed they now have two healthy additions to the family.
The experience of Ms Oxley’s granddaughter Kate was featured in a recent edition of New Idea.
