Doctors dunked baby with high heart rate in ice water

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Holly Hutchinson was born on December 19, 2012, and was diagnosed with viral meningitis after falling ill on Boxing Day.

She was discharged from hospital on New Year's Eve, her mother, to a pediatric nurse, noted her baby's condition had deteriorated and took her to the Sunderland Royal Hospital.

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There, an infection in her heart causes a heart beat, so in an attempt to shock her heart to a more normal rhythm, doctors resorted to dunking her head into a bucket of water for five seconds.

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After several attempts to shock her heart, she was rushed to the Newcastle Freeman Hospital, where the process was repeated and she was intubated.

Despite the ice procedure, her parents were told that the baby was not slowing, but having been given powerful drugs, the baby finally stabilized.

"Her dad, Ian, said," Holly is a little legend, and she started to fight back.

"It was only 10 minutes until midnight on New Year's Eve when we got back to normal and was stable.

"If we'd arrived 20 minutes later, Holly might not be here today."

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Ian describes how difficult it is to see doctors fight to save his daughter's life.

"Right in front of our eyes, we could see the blood retracting from Holly's limbs to try and protect her core, making her go gray," he recalled.

"It was absolutely necessary to be so new, so quickly, to watch it being submerged in the water and be prodded with needles.

"It was so hard knowing there was nothing we could do."

Despite the initial bleak outlook, Holly has made a remarkable recovery.

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