She weighed less than 500 grams at birth. This P.E.I. micro-preemie is now 6 and thriving [Video]

Paizlee Rose Adams looks like most kids in her Grade 1 class, just a bit smaller. Looking at her now, you’d never know the smiling, energetic little six-year-old has defied the odds just by surviving. 

Back in 2018, she was born four months premature and weighing less than 500 grams, or one pound, one ounce.

“Any time you think back on where she came from, it’s hard to believe she’s here. It was quite a ride,” says her mother, Emily McCardle. “To be where we are now, I feel very lucky.” 

“It fills your heart with pride,” says Paizlee’s father, Andy Adams. “Just super proud of everything she overcame and the journey she was faced with upon arriving into this crazy world.”

Paizlee spent her first six months at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, the only children’s hospital in the Maritimes, where she faced surgeries and struggles with eating …