Health Buzz: This Baby Was Born With Her Heart Outside Her Body
"We decided to fight to give our daughter the best chance of surviving," her father says.
By David Oliver , Associate Editor, Social Media |Dec. 13, 2017, at 12:17 p.m.
You know that expression about how your heart feels like it's going to beat right out of your chest? One baby girl in the U.K. recently experienced something like it literally – and survived.
Weeks-old Vanellope Hope Wilkins had a condition called Ectopia cordis, meaning that her heart and a portion of her stomach were growing outside of her body, reports The Guardian. Babies born with the problem, which affects five to eight children per million, usually have less than a 10 percent chance of surviving.
https://health.usnews.com/wellness/health-buzz/articles/2017-12-13/this-baby-was-born-with-her-heart-outside-her-body
