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Shocking! Baby born after lightning strike sports static-straight hair
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KIMBERLY Gordon was delivered by emergency Cesarean section a year ago after her mother was struck by lightning in Albuquerque, New Mexico. But not only did the one-year-old survive the electrical jolt, she now has static hair, according to Daily Mail.
"Everybody we've seen says it's a miracle she's alive," her father, Ian Gordon, told KOAT. "She's just kind of a play-it-by ear baby."
On July 4 last year, Gordon and his 38-weeks-pregnant girlfriend Kendra Villanueva were watching the Independence Day fireworks when they were hit by a bolt from the blue, the report said.
ABC News reported the thunderbolt traveled through Gordon's ear before jumping to Villaneuva's body and leaving through her thumb.
The pair were rushed to the University of New Mexico Hospital, where Villaneuva was induced and gave birth to little Kimberly. She was two weeks out from her due date, the report said.
More than a year on, Kimberly still has neurological damage from the lightning strike. She can't sit up, crawl or digest food properly, according to the report.
Doctors also don't know when she will begin to walk and talk as the case is so unusual. It is not clear why the child's hair is still static, the report said.
"It's hard seeing she can't eat like she's supposed to and can't have food yet, just through the [feeding] tube. But other than I'm glad she lived through it all," Villanueva told KOAT.
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