Warwick Dumighan may have only just celebrated his first birthday but he has already cheated death an incredible 18 times.
The youngster was taken off a life-support machine after being born 11 weeks prematurely last August. Doctors feared his brain and heart were damaged beyond repair. They were so sure he would die that they even ushered in tiny Warwick’s parents Leigh Dumighan and David Newcombe to say their heartbreaking goodbyes. Warwick Dumighan celebrates his first birthday with his proud parents Leigh and David Over the next 72 hours, Warwick stopped breathing 18 times but, to everyone’s astonishment, Warwick kept coming back to life. Leigh said: ‘What happened to Warwick is a pure miracle. He brought himself back to life. He had no drugs, no treatment, nothing. ‘When we took the decision to let him pass away, it was the hardest thing we have ever had to do.
‘But the prognosis was that his quality of life would be unbearable and we thought he’d already been through enough.