ARGENTINA: BABY BORN WITH THE WEIGHT OF A SIX-MONTH-OLD CHILD CONTINUES TO DO WELL

Record ID: 174400

  • Title: ARGENTINA: BABY BORN WITH THE WEIGHT OF A SIX-MONTH-OLD CHILD CONTINUES TO DO WELL
  • Date: 18th April 2000
  • Summary: SAN NICOLAS, ARGENTINA (APRIL 18, 2000) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF HOSPITAL SAN FELIPE IN SAN NICOLAS (2 SHOTS) 0.07 SAN NICOLAS, ARGENTINA (FILE) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 2. VARIOUS OF BABY IN INCUBATOR AT THE HOSPITAL THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH (3 SHOTS) 0.22 SAN NICOLAS, ARGENTINA (APRIL 18, 2000) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 3. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) ISMAEL PASAGLIA, HOSPITAL'S DIRECTOR: "Like any baby with such a heavy weight there are risks and just as he was under intensive therapy because he had a respiratory problem, he also had a metabolic problem: the levels of glycaemia went down but then they were fine. He was getting better and better and more or less by the sixth day he left the hospital together with his mother." 0.53 4. VARIOUS OF LILIANA MAZA, THE BABY'S MOTHER, HOLDING LUCIANO IN HER ARMS (2 SHOTS) 1.08 5. SV: JORGE SANDOVAL, LUCIANO'S FATHER WITH ANOTHER DAUGHTER IN THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE 1.14 6. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LILIANA IS ASKED HOW MANY CHILDREN SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS HAVING, SHE SAID: "I felt it was only one because if there had been two, I would have felt more movement and I did not feel this baby that much because from the first months he already occupied a great part of my belly." 1.36 7. SV: LUCIANO'S SIBLINGS PLAYING IN THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE 1.48 8. SV/SLV: LUCIANO'S FATHER HOLDING DAUGHTER (3 SHOTS) 1.59 9. SV: CHILDREN PLAYING 2.07 10. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) LILIANA SAYING: "Since he is so big, I told the doctor that each time I breast fed him I became dizzy. The doctor told me jokingly that the the baby would squeeze all my milk and he would asked me why did I have such big babies." 2.22 11. VARIOUS OF LUCIANO BREAST FEEDING (4 SHOTS) 2.45 12. SV: SIBLINGS PLAYING 2.50 13. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) JORGE SANDOVAL, LUCIANO'S FATHER SAYING: "It's been two years that I have been unemployed. Now I am doing some jobs here and there but the pay is very little. My wife cooks at home and at church they give us milk and other things." 3.18 14. SEMI-VIEW OF UNFINISHED HOME 3.22 15. SV: BRICKS ON THE FLOOR 3.25 16. VARIOUS OF CHICKEN FARM AND CHILDREN PLAYING (3 SHOTS) 3.35 17. SLV: UNFINISHED HOME 3.38 18. SV/CU: LUCIANO ON HIS FATHER'S BED (2 SHOTS) 3.48 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SAN NICOLAS, ARGENTINA
  • Country: Argentina
  • Reuters ID: LVA4L1WHOYM6Y7J95DCR51XDTOX1
  • Story Text: In Argentina, a baby born with the weight of a six
    month old child continues to do well.

    Luciano was born on 29 March, 2000 in San Nicolas
    (located 200 kilometres north of Buenos Aires) and was
    immediately taken to the intensive care unit because of his
    excessive weight.He weighed 7.150 kilograms (15.6 lbs).

    Liliana, the baby's mother did not attend any prenatal
    medical centre because of her humble conditions and her busy
    schedule taking care of her other four children.

    When she was 9 months pregnant she gained 50 kilograms
    (110 lbs) and everyone wondered how many babies she was
    expecting.

    "I felt it was only one because if there had been two, I
    would have felt more movement and I did not feel this baby
    that much because from the first months he already occupied
    most of my uterus," explained Liliana.

    Liliana is shy and lowers her sight when she talks but her
    smile shines when it is time to breast feed Luciano.Just
    like all children after they are born, Luciano lost weight and
    now weighs a bit less than 7 kilogrammes but is quite healthy.

    "Like any baby with such a heavy weight there are risks
    and just as he was under intensive therapy because he had a
    respiratory problem, he also had a metabolic problem: the
    levels of glycaemia went down but then they were fine.He was
    getting better and better and more or less by the sixth day he
    left the hospital together with his mother," explained Ismael
    Pasaglia, the hospital's director where Luciano he was born.

    All of Luciano's siblings were big babies who weighed
    between 4 and 4,500 kilograms (about 9 lbs) at birth but
    Luciano almost doubled their weight.

    The newly born is fed every three hours: he is breast fed
    and then he is given a baby bottle, though to satiate his
    appetite is not simple.

    "Since he is so big, I told the doctor that each time I
    breast fed him I became dizzy.The doctor told me jokingly
    that the the baby would squeeze all my milk and he would asked
    me why did I have such big babies," said Liliana.

    The Sandoval family is very poor and their home is
    unfinished because Jorge, the father, lost his job.

    "It's been two years since I have been employed.Now I am
    doing some jobs here and there but the pay is very little.My
    wife cooks at home and at church they give us milk and other
    things," he said.

    Each baby who is born symbolizes hope and for the
    Sandoval's, Luciano certainly gives them hope.
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