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All grown up: Brave Owen, given days to live after being born four MONTHS premature, has first day at school
The battling four-year-old was born weighing just 1lb 9oz
When Owen Piper was born four months premature at just 1lb 9oz, his parents feared he would not make it through the night.
But the battling youngster, who was given just days to live, pulled through his first few hours - and is now a growing four-year-old starting his first day at school.
The only noticeable difference between four year-old Owen and other children was his oversized uniform - the smallest available - as he is still catching up with his growth.
Mum Hayley said she struggled to hold back tears with husband Craig when little Owen arrived at St. George's Primary School in Sheerness, Kent, for his first day.
Proud Hayley, 29, said: 'Owen is so excited about school - every day he asks me 'is it school yet mummy?'
'He's such an inspiration to me - I look at him every day and think he's gone through so much already, but he's just not fazed by anything.
'It was the deepest, darkest time of my life when Owen was in hospital.
'The only way to describe what we went through is that it was like being on a rollercoaster.
'One day Owen would be doing really well and the next he would be at death's door.
'He's come on leaps and bounds and he's a proper little character. His talking is just phenomenal - he's a real chatterbox.
'I never in a million years thought he would go to a mainstream school, I always thought he'd be behind in something.'
Owen was born at Medway Maritime Hospital on July 10, 2009 and finally allowed home on November 2, the day after his due date.
He remained on oxygen for six months and still suffers from chronic lung disease but doctors say that should clear by the age of seven when his lungs have fully developed.
The toddler has now been officially signed off by Medway Maritime Hospital and last winter was the first he didn't have to be admitted to hospital after getting poorly.
Office manager Hayley and alarm technician Craig, 31, are on the fundraising committee for the Oliver Fisher Trust which supports the neonatal unit that treated Owen.
To find out more go to www.oliverfisher.org.
