A little baby boy who was born 14 weeks early has defied all odds by spending his first Christmas at home with his parents. Myles McKenna weighed 1 pound 8 ounces, which is about the size of an iPhone. Doctors feared the worst and questioned his survival. As a result, he was placed on a ventilator at the hospital for approximately 15 weeks.

“We were afraid that our son would not survive because his doctors were also skeptical,” the parents explained. But, in the end, prayers resulted in a very welcome miracle, and Myles McKenna is now celebrating his first Christmas at home. Myles was delivered at 26 weeks, about 14 weeks earlier than his due date. Furthermore, his mother, Rebecca Grainger, from Glasgow, was taken to the hospital for an emergency c-section after being diagnosed with pre-eclampsia.

As a result, physicians were forced to put young Myles on a ventilator because he couldn’t breathe on his own. He fought for his life for 15 weeks before being given the all-clear to return home. After his delivery, the mother described how she was able to view, let alone hold, her child. However, the father did get a brief peek and a brief cuddle before being whisked to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and placed on a ventilator.

Because parents were only permitted inside the intensive care unit due to strong COVID regulations, and Rebecca’s husband was only permitted to visit, the situation became extremely stressful. Similarly, the couple expressed their fear of contracting COVID because they would have to isolate for at least 10 days if they did. The notion of being separated from their child was unbearable to them.

But in the end, it all worked out well and now the couple is happy and grateful to be doing well together as one.