A family is celebrating their 'miracle baby' after he defied the short odds of survival after being scanned in the womb as having a number of chromosome abnormalities.
Tiny Frankie has been hailed a marvel after surviving birth, despite his mum Brenda Dorman being offered an abortion at several stages of her complicated pregnancy.
Brenda and her partner Francis Casey were told at their 12 week scan that their child had a low chance of survival, however, the parents were determined to give Frankie every opportunity.