VIDEO: This Baby is Living with Missing Skull! He is a Living Miracle!

When he was born, doctors were skeptical about his chances of living. He has a rare condition called Anencephaly, and he is living without a very large part of the skull. Yet, baby Jaxon Emmett Buell has found a way to live. He is the living proof that miracles do exist!

Many people blamed the parents, saying they should’ve had an abortion. Jaxon’s father has responded to the critics and his answer will warm your heart. Read all the details below, provided by The Independent.

The father of a baby who celebrated his first birthday despite being born with a rare birth defect has responded to critics saying the family should have aborted the infant.

Jaxon Buell turned one in August after doctors gave him just days to live when he was born with a rare neural-tube condition called Microhydranencephaly meaning most of his brain and skull are missing.

The milestone was widely reported on and now Jaxon’s parents, Brandon and Brittany Buell, have posted an update on Facebook defending themselves against accusations they have behaved selfishly for not aborting the child thereby preventing him from suffering pain and living a restricted life as he grows older.

He wrote: “I will never understand how choosing to carry Jaxon and give him a chance to survive could ever be considered “selfish”. How is killing him immediately the better alternative, when no doctor could give us a reason to do so? When did choosing life become the selfish and condemned choice of this never-ending debate that we have somehow found ourselves in, simply for giving our baby a chance to live and not have to wonder “what if?

“It’s normal to look at Jaxon and see a perfectly created boy and other babies truly do look weird and oversized to us.”

Jaxon’s disorder was discovered during Mrs Buell’s pregnancy and the couple were given the option to abort at 23 weeks, however Mr Buell defended the couple’s decision to keep their son saying: “We did make sure to ask if Jaxon was in pain or was suffering, and we asked if there were any added risks for Brittany during the pregnancy or potentially at time of delivery.”

“Since the answer to both questions was ‘no’, we never came close to considering abortion.”

Mr Buell has said that the family’s religious beliefs did not affect their decision to keep Jaxon.

“Yes, we are Christians,” said Mr Buell, “but we’re still realists. Had there been any suffering in the womb or a danger involved because of the concern for his head and brain, then we certainly would have had a different discussion.”

“There are cases of Microhydranencephaly children who have lived into their 30’s, have lived relatively normal lives, can learn to swim, and have and can use their senses, as well,” said Mr Buell.

“Yes, there will be difficulties and struggles and limitations, but they recognize their family, they learn to communicate, and Jaxon is certainly on his way in all of those aspects.”

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