Regina Paris, a resident of Gardena Valley, California, has just celebrated her 50th birthday. Born three months early in 1973, Paris was heralded as a “miracle baby” for surviving against the odds.
Baby survives ahead of her time
Paris was born weighing just 1lb 14oz – just over 800g. When she reached the incredible milestone of turning 20, her local paper ran a news story marvelling that she was born a “full decade before premature babies born so prematurely began surviving with any regularity”.
In her late teens and early twenties, Paris, herself deaf, volunteered at a local school in a class supporting deaf children. Here, as a teacher’s aide, she helped deaf children learn about the world around them.She then turned her hands to art and became a sculptor. “I learned to sculpt babies out of polymer clay”, she said . Having seen life-like newborn baby dolls, Paris decided […]
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