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Miracle Stories: Anabelle Rojas

This special two-year-old girl's parents were told before she was born that she might not be able to take her first breath.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Once again 3News is teaming up during the month of May with Driscoll Children's Hospital to bring you the latest miracle stories.

This special two-year-old girl's parents were told before she was born that she might not be able to take her first breath.

Almost three years ago, Ana Davila and Steve Rojas received the news of having a baby girl, but never expected the roadblocks they would encounter. While Davila was pregnant she was told during one of her checkups that her baby had an abnormally small chin that would make it almost impossible for her to breath.

In order for Davila's daughter to survive, she was advised to seek care at Driscoll Children's Hospital.

"If you want her to have the best chance, you need to go up to Corpus and you need to go to Driscoll," Davila said.

And that's what they did.

Anabelle Faith Rojas was delivered at Bay Area Hospital and immediately transported to Driscoll Children's Hospital. She was extremely tiny so in order to figure out a plan to correct her chin, a replica of her skull was made.

"There is such a tiny little space, and maneuvering so small you want to just get in and get out and do the best job you can," Dr. Kevin Hopkins said.

Anabelle's parents admit that seeing their daughter go through it was not easy, but the staff at Driscoll gave them faith that everything was going to be alright.

"It's hard but Dr. Hopkins reassured me and my wife, and I still remember he put his hand and said, 'I'm going to take care of your baby. Don't worry,'" Rojas said. "And I still remember that."

At two weeks old, Anabelle underwent a procedure where plates and screws were inserted into her jaw to make it bigger and open up her airways.

"We turn the screw a couple of times a day to lengthen the jaw to where we want it to get and then we take the device off," Rojas said.

Anabelle recovered from the surgery well and her parents said that is due to the customized level of care Driscoll gave.

"They actually are way more understanding, so instead of forcing her they still get what they need to get done from her, but then they adjust their approach to accomodate her," Rojas said.

They said that level of compassion extended to the whole family.

"I was like, hey, we are at Driscoll again because everyone's nice, because even in the parking lot as you're walking inside people are saying hi to you, and 'How you doin'?' and 'How's your day going?'" Rojas said.

Anabelle's parents said they are so blessed to have their bubbly two-year-old girl and the help of Driscoll Children's Hospital.

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