Now this is a miracle baby! Here’s Finley Crampton and his mother Jodie Percival.
When Jodie discovered she was pregnant, she decided to have an abortion because her and her fiance, Billy Crampton, knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition, the same condition that killed their first son. Their second son was also born with serious kidney damage.
‘Deciding to terminate at eight weeks was just utterly horrible but I couldn’t cope with the anguish of losing another baby,’ said Miss Percival, 25.
However, Finley had other ideas. And some time after the operation, Miss Percival felt a fluttering in her stomach.
Eventually her doctor sent her for a scan – and she discovered she was 19 weeks pregnant.
The child had survived the abortion and thrived in the womb. ‘I couldn’t believe it,’ said Miss Percival. ‘This was the baby I thought I’d terminated.
‘I wrote to the hospital, I couldn’t believe that they had let me down like this. They wrote back and apologised and said it was very rare.’
Miss Percival carries a gene which triggers multicystic dysplastic kidney – which causes cysts to grow on the kidneys of an unborn baby.
However, doctors told the couple from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, that this child was likely to survive, so they decided he deserved a chance.And in November, Finley was born three weeks premature, at 6lb 3oz.
He had minor kidney damage but is expected to lead a normal life.
‘I knew if that operation hadn’t failed he wouldn’t have been there,’ said Miss Percival, a hairdresser. ‘I just couldn’t believe that this child had got through it all and looked so perfect.’
He may need an operation but as only one of his kidneys is affected he can survive. ‘I still struggle to believe just what he has fought through. Now he’s here I wouldn’t change it for the world.’
This is an amazing story. Congrats to Finley and his thrilled parents!
I don’t really make a post on contest winners because I don’t have the time, but I just wanted to send a HUGE thank you out to all of our Six Flags and Lil Mama, Lloyd and Estelle concert contestants!!!
The contest was such a success, and it was so hard for me to pick winners, that I was able to score 2 more pairs of tickets to make choosing a little easier.
I’m always happy when you hit me up via email. I love hearing about your backgrounds. You’re a diverse group with impeccable taste, obviously. Thank you all.
Pat, Ashley and Nick - have a blast at Six Flags this Sunday June 15!!!
NBC News’ Tim Russert has died of a heart attack, the New York Times is reporting. He was 58. The Times cites Russert’s family as its source.
The “Meet the Press” host is survived by his wife Maureen Orth — a special correspondent for Vanity Fair — and their adult son, Luke.
Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” program when he collapsed, the network said. No details were immediately available.
Russert, the recipient of 48 honorary doctorates, took over the helm of “Meet the Press” in December 1991. Now in its 60th year, “Meet the Press” is the longest-running program in the history of television.
In 2008, Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Timothy John Russert Jr. was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He was a graduate of Canisius High School, John Carroll University and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He was a member of the bar in New York and the District of Columbia.
This is a major loss. My condolences are with his family during this difficult time. So sad.
There’s just some stories I choose to ignore, but it’s my duty to report. Dr. Drew, I used to love the guy but he’s morphed into a Dr. Phil attention whore, said Tom Cruise is mental, now he’s “apologizing.”
PLEASE!!!! When I was growing up, my dad would tell me, “Anything anyone tells you and then says, ‘I’m joking!’ is the truth. They’re telling you the truth, but they don’t like how it sounds so they’re trying to disguise it by saying, ‘I’m joking,’ but they really mean what they’re claiming is ‘a joke.’”
I always remember that and I give people the stink eye when they say, “I’m joking!” I usually say, ‘No you’re not but it’s okay. Whatever.’
Apologies are similar. You don’t like the results of your actions, and suddenly you’re SORRY. My ass you are!
Dr. Drew Pinsky said Tom Cruise’s interest in Scientology is “a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood – maybe some abuse but mostly neglect.”
Now Drew is changing his tune. Drew’s rep says:
“[Dr. Drew] apologizes if his comments were hurtful.” In response to Pinsky’s remarks to Playboy, Cruise’s attorney Bert Fields told the New York Post that Pinksy is an “unqualified television performer who is obviously just looking for notoriety [and] is so grotesquely unprofessional as to pretend to diagnose Tom and others without ever meeting them.
“He seems to be spewing the absurdity that all Scientologists are mentally ill,” Fields said. “The last time we heard garbage like this was from [Nazi propagandist] Joseph Goebbels.”
Pinsky’s rep responded: “Although Mr. Field’s intent is clearly to slander and discredit Dr. Drew, under no circumstances is Dr. Drew making a blanket diagnosis about Scientology nor Mr. Cruise whom he does not know.
Dr. Drew was simply using Mr. Cruise as an example of someone who is recognizable to help the public understand. Again, Dr. Drew meant him no harm.” - TOO LATE!
Word to the wise - don’t throw shit at a Kanye West concert. A couple of stunned concert-goers were called out by West after they threw something on the stage. Embarrassment ensued as lights were shone on them and they were escorted away as the crowd jeered them. Awkward!
The eviction occurred at West’s Glow in the Dark concert in Minneapolis. The guys who filmed this video should have been also kicked out for their sheer lameness.
I’m tellin’ you, when I read about what the bitch said about pulling out of the Emmy nominations, I was pissed. But her psycho fan comments threw me off a bit. Regardless, I didn’t feel that Katherine had to diss the writers to announce that she’s not gonna be in the running.
She’s a cruel, dumb whore. I wish I had a dick just so I could slap her with it. That would be right after I squirted some jizz in her eyes and nose. Too bad that doesn’t burn, does it? Heh.
One day after Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl announced that she would drop out of this year’s Emmy race, because “I do not feel I was given the material this season to warrant a nomination,” a key show insider contacted EW.com to express regret that the actress publicly complained about the drama.
“The show bent over backwards to accommodate her film schedule, and then she criticizes the show for lack of material? It’s an ungrateful slap in the face to the very writers responsible for her Emmy win in the first place.”
I’m still in shock that Kat thinks she’s the most amazing actress ever who does not belong on the small screen. She’s producing films, but if Hollywood hates ya, no one will go see ‘em! AND who’s gonna wanna work with her when she’s so rude?
Katherine digs her own grave and it’s fun to watch. Can’t wait to find out what she’ll say next.
Thank you all.
