“It was a miracle from God”, a child survives a gunshot received in his mother's womb

The life of the little Arturo it is a great miracle. Friday 30 May 2017, in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, a Rio de Janeiroin Brazil, the baby survived a gunshot while still in the womb, as told by Claudinéia Melo dos Santos.

The gynecologist Jose Carlos Oliveira stated that the fact that the child remained alive is proof that the impossible can happen: "Arturo is a miracle of God". And again: "A child, who was inside the womb, was hit and did not die: a miracle happened".

Arturo's mother was nine months pregnant when she was hit by a stray bullet. The baby was born after an emergency caesarean section. The accident, however, should have left the paraplegic child as it tore off a piece of his ear and created a blood clot in his head. But it didn't happen.

The child and the mother remained under observation in the hospital because the conditions, especially of the woman, were delicate: "The next 72 hours will be critical for us, the situation of this woman is not stable, it is closely followed", explained the doctors.

The reconstruction: Claudinéia was 39 weeks pregnant and was at the market when she was hit in the pelvis in the center of Duque de Caxias. She was rescued and transferred to the municipal hospital of Moacyr do Carmo. The doctors performed an emergency caesarean section and, during the surgery, they found that the baby had also been affected.

The bullet went through the hip of the mother and baby, puncturing the lungs and causing a spinal injury. The child underwent two surgeries and was later transferred to Adam Pereira Nunes State Hospital.

Both were fine then.