TYLER, Texas (KYTX) - A baby who was born weighing just 15 ounces went home after a six-month fight for her life.

“It was so scary, because the doctor was like, ‘I can’t hear the heartbeat. The baby’s not measuring what she’s supposed to measure,’” Labreshia Howard said.

It is a terrifying comment for any mother to hear, and Addisyn weighed just 15 ounces when she was born, making her the tiniest baby ever cared for at UT Health East Texas.

NICU Clinical Manager Bonnie Bearden said Addisyn was smaller than a can of Coke.

“This was her diaper when she was born, and it probably was actually too big for her when she was first born, because these only go to about a pound, and she was less than that,” she said.

The pregnancy was smooth until the 24-week checkup, just days after the gender

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