Lily Cobbing (far left) was the same length of a ballpoint pen (bottom right) when she and her sister, Summer Cobbing (left), were born at just 27 weeks in an Adelaide hospital in June 2010 (top right). Born three months early, Lily's skin was see through and her ears and eyes had not fully formed yet. Although the odds were stacked against her, Lily fought hard to survive and is now five-years-old and attending school with her sister.
Lily Cobbing survived with the love of her healthy twin, Summer
Lily Cobbing survived with the love of her healthy twin, Summer
Only 390 grams when she was born three months early
Her organs were visible through her skin and her ears hadn't fully formed
Twin sister, Summer, weighed twice as much when she was born
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The now five-year-old sisters are healthy and attending school in Adelaide
A premature twin girl born with skin so thin her organs were visible and her eyes and ears had not formed is now a happy, healthy five-year-old starting school.
Lily Cobbing was the same length of a ballpoint pen when she and her sister, Summer Cobbing, were born at just 27 weeks in an Adelaide hospital in June 2010.
Although the odds were stacked against her, Lily fought hard to survive and is now a lively, energetic child who loves to play outside with her sister, their mother Michelle Roberts-Cobbing told Daily Mail Australia.
Lily Cobbing (left) and her twin sister, Summer Cobbing (right), were born at just 27 weeks in an Adelaide hospital in June 2010
Lily (pictured) weighed only 390 grams and was the same size as a ballpoint pen when she was born
Lily weighed just 390 grams when she was born and Summer weighed twice as much at 840 grams.
‘Lily was tiny, tiny,’ Ms Roberts-Cobbing said.
‘Her ears were like little dried apricots, her tummy was so see through you could see her organs and her eyes were still shut for a few more weeks.’
Ms Roberts-Cobbing was receiving daily ultrasounds and closely monitored throughout her pregnancy but was stunned when her doctor told her on June 9, 2010, that ‘the babies were coming today.’
Doctors knew Lily was not doing well and decided the girls needed to arrive three months early by caesarean, she said.
'Lily (pictured) was tiny, tiny,’ her mother Michelle Roberts-Cobbing told Daily Mail Australia
‘Her ears were like little dried apricots, her tummy was so see through you could see her organs and her eyes were still shut for a few more weeks.’
‘They monitor it all so closely – if Lily had passed away in the womb, Summer would have had a stroke and die as well,’ Ms Roberts-Cobbing said.
‘There were tears. It was scary but you just do what you have to do for them.’
Both of the girls were breathing when they were born but were put on ventilators immediately and taken to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.
‘When they were pulling Lily out, she grabbed on to the doctor’s glove and it snapped back on his hand and he said that’s a good sign – she’s a fighter,’ Ms Roberts-Cobbing said.
Four weeks later, Lily’s health began failing and the doctors told Ms Roberts-Cobbing and her husband to prepare for the worst.
Lily and Summer pictured here with their parents Michelle and Michael, are now happy and healthy
Ms Roberts-Cobbing was receiving daily ultrasounds and closely monitored throughout her pregnancy because of Lily's (left) failing health
‘They monitor it all so closely – if Lily (left) had passed away in the womb, Summer (right) would have had a stroke and die as well,’ Ms Roberts-Cobbing said
The parents picked up Summer out of her hospital crib and placed her with Lily, hoping it would help both of their daughters to be close together like in the womb.
‘Lily snuggled into Summer and Summer snuggled into Lily,’ she said.
After a few more ups and downs, the Cobbing’s were able to bring Summer home after three months and Lily when she was eight months old.
‘She had problems with her heart and chronic lung disease and got a staph infection – she came home and was on oxygen until she was two-and-a-half years old,’ Ms Roberts-Cobbing said.
Both of the girls were breathing when they were born but were put on ventilators immediately and taken to the hospital’s neonatal intensive car unit
The now almost six-year-old twins are close friends as well as sisters but have very different personalities
Until Lily turns eight, the family will not know the lasting affects her premature birth will have on her lungs, but Ms Roberts-Cobbing said it is a miracle they came out relatively unscathed.
The now almost six-year-old twins are close friends as well as sisters but have very different personalities, she said.
‘Summer is dramatic and Lily is very laid back and goes with the flow. They love all the little girlie things and Lily loves Star Wars and Chewbacca.’
‘We’re just so proud of them.’
The young girls were delivered three months early after doctors discovered Lily, left was not coping in the womb
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