A premature baby defied doctors to beat two cardiac arrests, a stroke and sepsis before she was six months old.
Phoebe Finch also had most of her bowel removed and open heart surgery weeks after she was born - a stressful period her parents Katie and Billy described as "living hell".
Phoebe arrived with twin brother Joe, in February 2018 after a 51-hour labour when Katie was just 32-weeks pregnant.
Joe, the bigger of the pair, weighed 4lb 1oz while Phoebe was just 2lb 19oz, and the pair were placed onto the premature baby unit, Chronicle Live reports.
Doctors at Sunderland Royal Hospital said Phoebe had developed necrotising enterocolitis, which left her bowel tissue infected and dying.
The tot was immediately transferred to the special care baby unit and, at two weeks old, had intricate surgery to have most of her bowel removed.
"It all happened so quickly. We were living everyday fearing the unknown," Katie, from Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, recalled.
"Even from the start after giving birth to Phoebe and Joe early, they were so tiny and both on ventilation, we weren't sure if they were going to survive.
"We were told that Phoebe had only 8% chance of pulling through her surgery and that the next 72-hours were crucial. It was down to her to fight to for her life.
"We took one day and at a time, fearing that she wasn't going to make it."
But the little fighter battled defiantly on.
Yet she suffered a cardiac arrest weeks later, caused by a side effect from the medication she was given to treat her pulmonary atresia with vsd, a form of heart disease.
To close the hole in her heart, Phoebe underwent open heart surgery and a stent was placed in her pulmonary artery.
But within weeks the baby suffered a second cardiac arrest.
This caused a blood clot, that was already on Phoebe's brain, to rupture resulting in her suffering from a stroke and several seizers.
And at 23-weeks she contracted sepsis and was sent back to intensive care and had antibiotics to help remove the life threating infection in her body.
By the time she reached six months the worst had passed, and 193 days old she was able to go home for the first time to be with her family and to be reunited with her twin brother, Joe.
The little fighter hasn't seen the last of the operating theatre and will need further heart surgery on a leaking valve, which is being carefully monitored.
Katie continued: "We didn't get to meet our own daughter until she was six months old. We had six months of hell.
"Six months later we could start to try to relax.
"But even after we brought her home I slept by her cot every night to make sure that she was ok and not taking ill at any point."
Phoebe, now 18 months old, is a smiling, happy toddler.
She does have short bowel syndrome and has a feeding peg in her stomach for medication, fluids, and food but medics are pleased with her recovery.
Katie added: "If anyone asked me who my hero is, it would be my little girl. She is my hero.
"What she has gone through is what an adult would even struggle with, she's just amazing."
After receiving help from Tiny Lives, a charity that supports premature and sick new born babies, and the Children's Heart Unit Fund during the worst time of her life, Katie has now set up her own fundraising page to give something back.
To find out more, or to make a donation, visit Katie's Go Fund Me page .
