03/07/2008 10:20. His first year of life has been a miracle. Baby Bentley Brands was born with 'short gut syndrome' and was not expected to live, but his parents refused to accept that.

They tell KLTV 7's Courtney Lane, how they're fighting for his life and praying he can get a transplant.

Life is far from ordinary for baby Bentley and his young parents.  

He was born with only 10 centimeters, just less than 4 inches of small intestines - just 10 percent of what children normally have.

Bentley must be fed lipids through a central line, to stay alive, but his parents are fighting alongside him every day.

"We just look at him as a healthy, normal child like everybody else, just has a little condition we have to take care of," said Chris Brands, Bentley's father.

"I was just praying the whole... // KLTV