When Redding resident Brianne Jacobsen was 20 weeks pregnant, her ultrasound revealed that her unborn child had an omphalocele, a birth defect of the abdominal wall in which the intestines and organs ...
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A family in northern Colorado is sharing their story in hope of encouraging other parents who are going through a rare birth defect that impacts an estimated one in every 4,000 infants at birth.
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. — Despite going through tremendous health struggles, a local family continues to stay resilient as their 2-year-old toddler undergoes intensive surgery to fix his omphalocele.
Amber Boyd adopted the child after caring for her for a year in the hospital. — -- A pediatric nurse from New Mexico has adopted one of her tiny patients, who spent over a year in the hospital.
FREDERICK, Colo. (CBS) - A baby born with some of her organs protruding from her body is now home with her parents in Frederick. Isabella Rhea Beach spent her first month of life in Children's ...
DURHAM, N.C. -- Everyone knew from the start that Erica Nance would present challenges. As a fetus, her abdomen failed to fuse shut in the early weeks of development, leaving all her organs outside ...
Team of Surgeons at JOOTRH performing surgeries where over 124 life changing surgeries were done last week children aging 0-12 years. [Rodgers Otiso, Standard] When 34-year-old Anne Opondo from Bondo ...
Giant omphalocele and related abdominal wall defects represent a formidable spectrum of congenital anomalies characterised by the herniation of abdominal contents through the base of the umbilical ...