WARNING: Distressing content Mum-of-four Abi Brown quietly tip-toed into the nursery to check on her napping eight-week-old baby boy, Ezra. Tucked safely in his bed, her boy lay silent, blue and faintly breathing. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The image of her tiny newborn, still and almost lifeless, is forever in her mind.
It was the instant that changed the Queensland family’s life forever. Doctors told the family their little boy didn’t have long left, but although, with many complications and a bumpy journey ahead, Ezra continues to fight on. “The doctors told us to prepare for his death,” Abi told 7Life .
“Here we are, week 20 of being earth side. “Ezra has chosen to stay with us.” When Abi and Brad Brown welcomed Ezra into the world on January 23, 2024, they said their family was instantly complete.
Already with three adventurous boys, Karter, nine, Nixxon, seven, and Tyr, two, Ezra was born in the family home in Kenilworth, 60km west of the Sunshine Coast. “His brothers were home to witness their newest brother being born and fell in love immediately,” Abi said. “It was astounding to watch them be in awe and filled with curiosity.
” Despite being outnumbered by her boys at home, Abi loved being a mum and the family quickly started planning their dream homestead. Juggling animal rearing, child raising and both with full-time jobs, Abi and Brad loved the chaos of their busy lives. And then, on a seemingly mundane Thursday, everythi.
