When he was born, extreme complications meant parents Leigh Dumighan and David Newcombe were told if he survived he would have an appalling life ahead of him.
If premature Warwick pulled through he would still be severely disabled, not be able to see, hear, move around, or even know who they were.
So they were forced to make the hardest decision of their lives, choosing to take him out of his incubator, withdraw his treatment and allow him to die with dignity in their arms.
They stayed with him in a private hospital room for eight days, giving him the cuddles they had been unable to and waiting for him to pass away.
But astonishingly, and despite him stopping breathing 18 times, he battled to survive and has celebrated the first birthday his parents thought they would never see.
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