Ella Claxton -stillborn baby frozen and brought back to life!!!?

[AuntyLouLou]

www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/british-baby-girl-ella-claxton-brought-back-to-life-after-being-frozen-for-three-days/story-e6frf7lf-1226015794419

Apologies if this was posted already

that is a miracle :)

does this mean they can help a lot of stillborn babies i wonder

i truly hope so

This is totally amazing - such a heart warming story.

Misleading title on that article as the baby wasn't actually dead.

Was just going to say what piprabbit said. Very insensitive misleading title too (not you OP, them)

I know. I saw it on the news earlier and couldn't believe my eyes...!!

Heres another linky from Sky;

news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Ice-Baby-Ella-Andersons-Body-Cooled-To-Prevent-Brain-Damage---Mum-Rachel-Tells-Of-Treatment/Article/201103115944738?lpos=UK_News_Right_Promo_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15944738_Ice_Baby%3A_Ella_Andersons_Body_Cooled_To_Prevent_Brain_Damage_-_Mum_Rachel_Tells_Of_Treatment

the baby wasn't actually dead? but they are calling her 'stillborn'

so this technique can't help stillborn babies? :(

33.5C is hardly freezing

It sounds as though the baby had a very traumatic brith, during which she suffered lack of oxygen to the brain for a lengthy period. But it doesn't sound as though the baby was actually declared dead at any point.
The doctors decided to cool her down to give her brain a chance to rest and recover.

The use of hypothermia as a treatment in the case of brain injury, has been happening for several years.
It is fantastic that it can help such tiny babies as well as children and adults.

But I honestly don't think that the doctors are claiming that freezing a stillborn baby will make it come back to life and the title really wasn't very clear about that.

Insensitive title, the baby wasn't dead, it was resuscitated, then cooled. I don't understand why this was in the news,seeing as this practice has been going for ages .

Plus I don't really think 9 months is adequate to assess the effects of hypoxia, issues may arise years later.

I wish Ella well though and hope she is unaffected.

Yes, but it was resuscitated for 25 mins before they got a faint heartbeat. The poor wee thing was to all intents and purposes dead. One wonders if they would have continued for so long without the promise of a treatment to avert the dreadful brain damage that would surely have been inevitable without it.