Posted by Odinaka on Thu 27th Aug, 2015 - tori.ng
A grieving Christina Milian took to her Instagram on Wednesday, Aug. 26, and shared a heartbreaking note mourning the death of her sister's newborn baby son, Richie.
Richie was diagnosed with omphalocele — a life-threatening condition where organs form outside the body during an ultrasound in March.
“The tech said, ‘I can’t see the sex…because I am seeing…intestines,'” the Christina Milian Turned Up star recalled, explaining that her son’s stomach, gallbladder, spleen, and liver could be seen outside his torso. “I was told there’s almost a 53 percent chance of mortality.”
Doctors advised Milian and her husband, Richard Dickerson, to terminate the pregnancy — but they decided to give their baby boy a chance at life.
“I said to [Richard], ‘Could you live with this?’ Because I know can. I know I could be in a hospital every day,” she told Us. “As a mother, I will do whatever it takes for my child…No matter how long he has in this world, I could not imagine taking his chance away.”
Despite her determination, Richie wasn’t able to survive outside the womb. Danielle shared a mournful message to Instagram letting everyone know her son wasn’t able to beat the odds. Truly sad news.