Real-life China doll: A 2-year-old China doll named Millie Simpson (Photos)

Real-life China doll Millie Simpson is called “little miracle” and rightly so. Even before Millie was born, doctors knew that this baby was a real-life China doll. As a real-life China doll, Millie’s chances of survival were so slim that doctors offered Millie’s parents to terminate the pregnancy. If they had, Millie Simpson would not be alive and her parents would be without their “little miracle,” reported MailOnline on Jan. 27, 2013.

View slideshow: As a real-life China doll Millie symbolizes the power of the mind over the body – if given a chance.

“We are so proud of her. She has defied the doctors to have survived like this - she is such a little fighter.”

Today, the real-life China doll Millie Simpson just celebrated her second birthday.

Like all China dolls, Millie Simpson cannot stand on her feet. She would break like any other China doll due to her own weight.

“Don’t touch the China doll!” also applies to Millie. Millie’s mother says that Millie is “like a real life china doll. Her bones are so fragile that they break with just the slightest touch.”

Unlike other China dolls, Millie is receiving calcium treatment and is getting stronger each day.

Unlike other China dolls, Millie has “such a huge personality” and “such a fighting spirit,” according to her mom.

“She may be a real life china doll but she has such a fighting spirit. She could have given up with all those broken bones in the womb, but she didn’t. She’s our ‘little miracle’."

It seems real-life China doll Millie Simpson got that fighting spirit from her mom.

Millie’s 23-year-old mom Stevie is a warehouse assistant and lives with her 27-year-old husband Tyler, a chemical plant technician, and their other daughter Lottie in Ellesmere Port in England.

When Millie’s mom was pregnant, she noticed that her baby bump wasn’t as big as it had been with their older daughter Lottie but she didn’t think anything was seriously wrong. At 34 weeks pregnant, doctors became concerned and Millie’s mom was referred to Chester Hospital where a scan was done.

The scan showed that Millie’s arms and legs were small and initially doctors thought Millie was suffering from a form of dwarfism which was a shock to Millie’s parents.

A second scan that was done four days later at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital showed that unborn Millie had “breaks all over her tiny body - in her back, arms and legs” and the doctors diagnosed her with “a case of brittle bone disease that was so severe that it had begun in the womb.”

According to the doctors, Millie had already broken every bone in her body while in the womb and because of her broken ribs she would most likely not be able to breathe on her own once she was born.

The doctors offered Millie’s parents the choice to terminate the pregnancy.

But Millie’s mom is a fighter and refused to give up. “She wanted to give her baby a chance.”

While Millie was born as a real-life China doll, she was also born with her mother’s fighting spirit.

Against all odds, Millie was able to breathe at birth despite her broken ribs and broken 30 bones.

When real-life China doll Millie was born by caesarian, she let out a cry. For Millie’s parents, “it was the most amazing thing.” After three weeks in the hospital, Millie was allowed to go home. Every few weeks, Millie receives calcium treatment and intensive physiotherapy to strengthen her bones.

At the age of eight months, Millie was able to sit up. As a real-life China doll, Millie continues to break her bones by simply rolling over or by someone lightly touching her.

Looking at pictures of real-life China doll Millie Simpson makes it clear why Millie’s parents are calling her “little miracle.” Not because Millie is a real-life China doll but because as a real-life China doll, Millie symbolizes the power of the mind over the body – if given a chance.

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