Maggie Agnew’s case is baffling doctors – she is shrinking! Yup, the baby girl is shrinking despite beng attached to atube that continuously pumps calories into her stomach. She is losing weight and muscle mass, and her skin as “falling off”. Doctors have conducted a series of tests but have been unable to pinpoint the source of her shrinking. It seems that her body is burning calories too fast. Maggie’s father Sean says, “She’s getting plenty of calories, but her body is burning all the calories that she’s getting and they don’t know where it’s going to.”

The Agnews first noticed the problem at the hospital when Maggie Agnew suddenly turned blue. After a series of tests, they found out that her oxygen level is way below normal. Tests
revealed several health problems for baby Maggie including a hole in her heart and an irregular heartbeat. But specialists in Utah can’t figure out why the child is suffering the weight and muscle loss, and shrinking. She is way too thin and too light for her age. Doctors have recently performed a muscle biopsy but tests results are not in yet. They hope this will provide the answer why she is shrinking. Meanwhile, they recommended that she be taken to a hospital in Boston for further tests.

Doctors Baffled with Shrinking Baby Case

Maggie Agnew, The Shrinking Baby Girl

Video: The Shrinking Baby Girl of Utah

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