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- Lyla Stensrud was born in July 2014 at 21 weeks and four days weighing just 14.4 ounces and measuring 10 inches long
- She is believed to be the earliest surviving premature baby
- Many hospitals do not recommend resuscitating babies born before 22 weeks because they have such a low rate of survival
- But Courtney fought for her daughter and Lyla was resuscitated and survived
- Lyla was kept at the NICU for 126 days before her parents, Courtney and Paul, could take her home
- Her mother had kept their identity private despite interest from the medical community in Lyla's health and development
- She reveals the four-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, is now thriving, her speech delay the only indication of her life-threatening premature birth
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