Posted on 01/12/2012 8:27:49 AM PST by Altariel
A tiny Texas baby born with some organs on the outside of his body is recovering at a hospital after having surgery to correct the rare condition, his parents told ABC News.
Little Hayes Davis was born in Houston on March 25 with a rare defect known as omphalocele, in which a fetus’ intestines and other organs develop in a thin sack outside a baby’s belly.
Mom Kelly Davis told ABC that doctors told her about the condition, which afflicts one of every 10,000 babies, during an ultrasound about three months into her pregnancy.
“Once we heard the word ‘omphalocele,’ it was our world,” the 29-year-old Texan said.
Her doctors at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital said baby Hayes was lucky because he didn’t have a heart defect or other problems commonly associated with omphalocele.
But the organ bulge was bigger than most, and baby Hayes was too tiny to operate on right away, doctors said.
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Prayers for the tiny baby!!
That is amazing, the miracles of modern medicine. What a cute baby!
How is this news??? Where I work we see this several times per year.
How is this news??? Where I work we see this several times per year.
Prayers for all involved.
Prayers that the little one can be successfully treated.
Invader Zim: Now Dib, let’s see what you look like with all your organs... ON THE OUTSIDE!
We don't work where you work.
I’d hardly consider 1in10000 births to be rare.
I’d hardly consider 1in10000 births to be rare.
Prayers for little Hayes...
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