Imagine, if you can, the quiet heroism of a baby who has not yet taken her first breath. She is 35 weeks into her stay on Earth and has spent every moment defying the odds.

Her heart is missing critical pieces, but it keeps beating, stubbornly, as though it has a point to make.

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Her parents, Ryan and Sarah Kehler of Winkler, Manitoba, have packed up their life and boarded a plane to Edmonton, because that’s where the doctors capable of wrestling with this catastrophe live. They brought their 4-year-old twins along, who probably think they’re on some confusing family vacation. The twins do not understand the odds: their little sister has a 50/50 chance of surviving her first hour.

Half a coin toss.

Ryan has shared their story on his blog. If this were fiction, it woul

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