Ashleigh Louw has been born with her heart outside her chest. The baby is being treated for the rare condition after being born in South Africa. Doctors say the child's ribcage failed to develop properly in the womb, leaving her heart covered by just a thin layer of skin.Ashleigh's mother Anastacia Louw, 30, said the condition was only noticeable once the child was born.
The couple live in the Eldorado Park area of Johannesburg. Specialists at the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, where Ashleigh was born, have identified the rare condition as 'pentalogy of Fallot ectopia cordis'.Doctor Lynda Bleazard said: "I have never seen a case like this before. As there are no bones to hold the heart in place, it is a dual problem to deal with. The doctors are still busy assessing the child."
Poor baby!
At a moment like this, my mother would say "Wonders shall never end!" I'm absolutely speechless...
ReplyDeletePoor baby. It's can't be easy on the parents. Maybe i'm a weirdo but i smiled when i read pentalogy of fallot cos i actually have an idea what they are talking about. I guess i managed to learn something last semester.
ReplyDeletepoor child!! this can be so devastating to the parents cos it's a very painful condition..
ReplyDeletei saw a case like this in UCH Ibadan late 2007, it was almost a circus, patients, staff and patient's relatives trooped to go see the baby and she passed away a few weeks after..
sad..
This is a very touching situation as a young woman growing up i want to have kids in future but such situations becomes obstacles. I send my condolances to the louw's family i'll keep praying with u.
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