Doctors Save Baby With Organs Born Outside Her Body

Doctors have saved a baby with cling film after she was born with organs outside her body. According to Mirror, Layla Henderson born on April 15, received treatment in four different hospitals and spent her first six days with her intestines placed in a bag above her, because she had a rare form of hernia which meant her bowel grew outside her body.

After going through a lot of surgeries, tests and scans as well battling with pneumonia and a rare heart infection which left her at severe risk of a stroke, Layla has scaled through to put a smile on the faces of her parents, Zoe Sweeney and James Henderson.

Zoe, 23, said: “It’s magical being at home with her. Looking back, I can’t believe we got through it all. She’s been through a hell of a lot and it felt like it was never going to end. Every day was a constant worry about what was going to happen next but just seeing her smile helped us get through. The first time she was just over a month old. It was a heart-warming moment and the cutest smile I’ve ever seen. She was coping, so we felt we should do her proud and be able to cope with it, too.”

Layla who was allowed to go home in September after spending weeks in the hospital, still has a dangerous blood clot in her heart and her parents have to inject her with blood thinning drugs twice a day. This should however not be a major problem as tests have shown the clot has reduced in size.

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Zoe said: “It’s great being able to have a cuddle in the morning without having to walk through the hospital to see her. Hopefully this time we won’t be going back. She’s definitely a fighter. She is a very content, happy baby considering everything that she has gone through and it is very easy to make her smile.”

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