Boy Who Was Given 5 Percent Chance to Survive Celebrates First Birthday

Boy Who Was Given 5 Percent Chance to Survive Celebrates First Birthday
Liam Stephenson Photo Jana Blankenship
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Doctors gave baby Liam Stephenson just a five percent chance of survival when he was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis after being born. Now, he’s celebrating his first birthday.

The boy spent the first month of his life in a neonatal intensive care unit fighting to hang on with dangerous bleeding in his brain. But his loved ones never gave up hope.

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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