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Fiona and Phoebe Zirbes defied 1-in-10,000 odds to survive a high-risk twin pregnancy and just celebrated their first birthday. Their journey from a scary delivery to thriving toddlers shows how medical care and determination can overcome incredible challenges.
When pregnant Kelsey Kelley volunteered for a training ultrasound expecting to relax, the instructor spotted a life-threatening bowel blockage that doctors would have otherwise missed. Baby Bennett needed three surgeries and 70 days in the NICU, but thanks to that volunteer scan, medical teams were ready and waiting.
A Northern Kentucky couple expecting one more baby got the shock of a lifetime when an ultrasound revealed quadruplets. After more than two months on hospital bedrest, all four girls arrived healthy in February.