Erika Nordby

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Erika Nordby (born February 2000), also known as Baby Erika, Miracle Baby and Canada's Miracle Child, is a

air temperature
was −24 °C (−11 °F).

Freezing

Erika and her

intubate at the scene due to Erika's condition.[2] Erika was taken to Stollery Children's Health Centre. Leyla was detained by police for five hours on suspicion of child neglect, after which she went to the hospital.[2]

Upon her arrival at Stollery, Erika was considered to be

body temperature of about 16 °C (61 °F). This compares to a normal body temperature of 37 °C (99 °F);[4] the lowest survived human body temperature resulting from accidental (not medically controlled) hypothermia was 13.7 °C (56.7 °F).[5]

Erika's heart resumed beating after she was placed under a warming blanket.

physiotherapy to enable her to walk again.[6]

Aftermath

Erika was released from hospital after six weeks.

scarring and slight deformation of her left foot, initially requiring specialized footwear.[4] Over C$5500 was raised from donors to pay for her medical expenses and education, and she was also sent toys and hundreds of cards and letters.[7]

Although Leyla was never formally charged, she became a subject of intense media scrutiny because of her

aboriginal ethnicity and her social circumstances.[1] She and her family, including Erika, moved away from Edmonton to avoid the media attention,[4] though she accepted interview requests on the one-year and ten-year anniversaries of the event.[8]

A

civil suit was filed on Erika's behalf against the landlord and tenants of the building that she had been staying in the night she was frozen. The suit sought C$101,000 in damages and compensation because the defendants were aware of but failed to correct the faulty latch on the door that Erika had used. The province of Alberta also sued these defendants, seeking compensation for the costs of Erika's health care.[6]

Legacy

Erika's story was recounted in the song "Erika Nordby (Canada's Miracle Child)" by Canadian artist Stompin' Tom Connors, released on his album Stompin' Tom Sings Canadian History;[9] the song described how Erika "captured the world with her smile".[10] The incident was also discussed in a government report about "mothering under duress", which called Erika a "legend".[1] She was the subject of an episode of Life's Little Miracles, a TV show on Discovery Health Channel,[11] and was mentioned in an episode of Nova on PBS titled "Making Stuff Colder".[12]

Erika's experience was mentioned as one indication of the medical relevance of a

anoxia-induced suspended animation" in zebrafish.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Greaves, Lorraine; Varcoe, Colleen; Poole, Nancy; Morrow, Marina; Johnson, Joy; Pederson, Ann; Irwin, Lori (October 2002). A motherhood issue: discourses on mothering under duress (PDF). Status of Women Canada. pp. 13–14.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Saskatchewan tragedy strikes painful chord for city mom". Edmonton Journal. 6 February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Update on the toddler who survived sub-zero temperatures". CBS. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Warick, Jason (23 February 2002). "'Miracle child' bears few scars one year after brush with death". Edmonton Journal. p. A3.
  5. PMID 10665559
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  6. ^ a b Howell, David (25 February 2003). "'Miracle baby' Erika Nordby files suit against landlords". Edmonton Journal. p. B3.
  7. ^ Mahoney, Jill (17 March 2001). "Baby Erika 'doing great', mother says". The Globe and Mail. p. A3.
  8. ^ "Erika Nordby: Life after a miracle". CTV. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  9. ^ North, Peter (21 July 2001). "Stompin' Tom still puts on a kickin' show". Edmonton Journal. p. C1.
  10. ^ Connors, Stompin' Tom (2001). "Erika Nordby (Canada's Miracle Child)". Stompin' Tom Sings Canadian History.
  11. ^ "Baby Erika's story relived for TV". Calgary Herald. 12 May 2002. p. A4.
  12. ^ "Making Stuff Colder, originally aired October 30, 2013". 30 October 2013.
  13. ^ Boswell, Randy (15 June 2010). "How the 'Miracle Child' survived". Ottawa Citizen. p. A4.
  14. ^ "Hutchinson Center Researchers First to Induce State of Suspended Animation in Model Vertebrate Organism". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
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