Not expected to live, boy defies doctors' predictions

Father calls his son's birth a miracle, testifies to value of unborn

Mohsen Sithole holds his son, Ethan, at his home in Coquitlam. Doctors had predicted the boy would not survive to birth because of excess fluid in his brain. Photo submitted.

A father believes his son, who doctors said would not live long enough to be born, will continue to prove them wrong. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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