Premature Wrexham baby Jasmine Davies was given less than a 40 per cent chance of survival when she was born weighing a tiny 1lb 10oz.

Now the bright toddler will celebrate her first year in good health after overcoming heart surgery at just five weeks old.

Her proud parents, Emma Smith and Dean Davies, from Watery Road, Wrexham will throw a fancy dress party in her honour when she celebrates her first birthday at the end of this month.

Doting mum Emma said she was amazed at the resilience of her little girl, who now weighs a health 15lbs.

"The doctors gave her less than 40 per cent chance to survive. I was sitting in the house with her nan the other day and she said that I bet I didn't think I would be sitting here now with her.

"It's amazing to think she has gone through everything she has gone through and now she is sitting in front of the television on her own.

"It's unreal how a baby can go through so much and be how she is now.
You wouldn't believe she has been through what she has."

Emma's waters broke last September at only 24 weeks pregnant and the couple rushed to the hospital, but because the special care unit was already full then had to be transferred to Glan Clwyd Hospital.

However, Jasmine's fight wasn't over. She needed surgery at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital at five weeks old for a heart murmur. She also has chronic lung disease for which she needed oxygen.

The brave baby was allowed home after three months in the special care unit but was then taken back into hospital and transferred to Birmingham where she was reventilated and a tube put down her throat to help her breathe.

Jasmine arrived home on Christmas Eve just in time for the family's first Christmas together.

Despite still suffering from chronic lung disease, Jasmine is now a picture of health, her mum said.

"Basically the lung disease means she doesn't develop as fast as other children and she takes longer to have her bottles because she has to stop for air," Emma said.

"She is only in three to six months clothes. I see her as being huge now but other people say she is tiny but she's not compared to how she was."

And she said the tot is developing her own personality.

"She is really cheeky. And she is always smiling, she never stops.

"She is just learning how to crawl and is climbing all over the furniture.

"She eats absolutely anything. And she loves balloons.

"She is very spoilt. Everybody spoils her because she is the first grandchild on both sides. She is a handful but she is worth it."