Palm-sized baby, 2nd smallest in US, is growing

Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 05:30 in Health & Medicine

(AP) -- At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor's hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces - less than a can of soda - she is among the smallest babies ever born in the world. Most infants her size don't survive, but doctors are preparing to send her home by New Year's.

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