
Baby with fatal brain disorder ‘saved’ by anonymous $47K donation
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A Florida baby who was given just weeks to live is thriving today — and it wouldn’t have been possible without the generosity of an anonymous donor who covered her medical bills.
HPE affects about one in 10,000 live births, and most infants do not survive beyond the first week, statistics show. Millie was born with the most severe form of the disease. "Millie should have been a miscarriage or a stillbirth," doctors told the baby’s parents. "There's not a price that I could put on her life." Melissa Rudy is senior health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to melissa.rudy@fox.com.
"We found out that she has a rare brain malformation where part of her brain didn't develop, and the other part didn't develop correctly," Meg Longhenry said in an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital.