Blessed Event or Lucky Break: A New Year's Conundrum

[Editor's note: this post is not about abortion, per se, so please refrain from comments pro and con re: abortion rights]

First, Mazel Tov to British couple Gaynor and Lee Purdy on the birth of their son, Kai.

This was not necessarily a certainty:

"Gaynor Purdy was warned her first child could have a fatal chromosome defect and a life threatening heart condition...

Four months into the pregnancy doctors told them that part of their unborn child's heart was narrow and underdeveloped and would mean open heart surgery if the baby was born...

Further tests conducted a few days later on New Year's Eve suggested the baby could also have Edwards Syndrome - the presence of an 18th chromosome - with a life expectancy of only up to four months if birth is survived."

As the parent of two beautiful and healthy daughters, I can only guess at the fear and trepidation felt by the Purdy's as they faced this potentially disastrous outcome. Their doctors repeatedly urged them to abort the baby, which wasn't expected to survive more than a few months anyway.

And yet.

Kai was born a month and a half prematurely, and one side of his heart is somewhat enlarged (corrective surgery is anticipated). Still, he was discharged "from hospital" six weeks after birth, or about the time he would have been "discharged" naturally.

Now, we have the luxury of playing Monday morning quarterback, but I'm curious: in this incredible roll of the dice, and not knowing the outcome as we do now, did the Purdy's make the right choice?