A premature baby boy, born the size of a Sharpie marker pen, beat 10 percent survival odds after his family fought to keep him alive. Mom Amanda Green of Bowmanville, Ontario, gave birth to baby Jaxen on Feb. 5 at 23 weeks and one day. He was “a week past viability,” Amanda explained to CTV News, so she and her partner were able to sign papers allowing medics to resuscitate their baby. Jaxen was given a 10 percent chance of survival. Doctors predicted that he would likely suffer a multitude of health problems in the future, if he even survived, but his parents took a leap of faith. Amanda’s water broke at 21 weeks and two days, a full four months shy of her due date. She was admitted to a high-risk obstetrics hospital in downtown Toronto, where she later gave birth; Jaxen survived eight days without amniotic fluid around him, the …