A premature baby born under the abortion limit has proved her doctors wrong - by leaving hospital for the first time since being born nine months ago.
Ellie-Suzanne Fish arrived four months premature on September 3 last year, five days before the current UK abortion limit of 24 weeks.
She weighed just 1lb 4.7oz and was given a 10 to 15 per cent chance of survival.
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A Miracle: Beverley and Dave Fish with Ellie-Suzanne, who weighed only 1lb 4.7oz at birth
But she clung to life and has battled through two brain operations to reach a healthy 14lbs in weight and is well enough to go home for the first time.
Her parents Beverley, 37, and Dave, 42, of Fishponds, Bristol, say they still cannot believe she is finally home.
Dave said: ''I just find it absolutely incredible that she made it and we have finally got her home.
''We have had her cot there and empty for so long, and now we creep in in the middle of the night and watch her in there, it's like nothing else.
''We have seen such a difference and a change in her since she had the operation and is doing things we thought she would, like smiling and moving her legs. I'm so proud to take her out and show her off.''
Beverley went into labour five months into her pregnancy. Complications during the labour at Southmead Hospital in Bristol and the trauma of Ellie-Suzanne's early birth caused two brain bleeds.
''She could have died but she fought through two brain operations,'' said Beverley. ''That she came out of it such a little darling is so amazing.
''After all she has been through we sometimes cannot believe that she is here and so strong with a smile on her face. She's a miracle.''
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Ellie-Suzanne spent her first six months in a neo-natal intensive care unit before being moved to Bristol Children's Hospital
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