{"id":276896,"date":"2022-10-03T14:40:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=276896"},"modified":"2022-09-30T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T22:19:06","slug":"newborn-saved-surgery-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/newborn-saved-surgery-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Newborn baby saved thanks to surgery performed during labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A little boy is alive today thanks to a life-saving surgery that took place when he was a newborn.<\/p>\n<p>After suffering four miscarriages, Jamaal and Yadi Martin were overjoyed to hear a heartbeat with baby number five \u2014 a milestone they&#8217;d never before reached. But that joy soon turned to worry, when later in the pregnancy they were told that their preborn child had a life-limiting condition that would make it nearly impossible to survive past birth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctor said, \u2018He has very large lungs for this far into this pregnancy. It\u2019s abnormally large. And I think this is something called CHAOS,\u2019\u201d Yadi told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/health\/chaos-baby-rare-condition-survives-surgery-birth-rcna48770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TODAY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CHAOS stands for\u00a0congenital high airway obstruction syndrome, and it prevents an infant from breathing freely after birth. Unfortunately, the condition is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5505473\/#:~:text=Congenital%20high%20airway%20obstruction%20syndrome%20(CHAOS)%20is%20an%20extremely%20rare,double%20aortic%20arch%20(1).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">usually fatal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt becomes a very big deal the minute the baby\u2019s born when the baby\u2019s separated from the placenta because the only way the baby can get oxygen is by taking its first breath,\u201d Dr. Ashley Roman, vice chair of clinical affairs, obstetrics, director of the division of maternal fetal medicine in the department of obstetrics &amp; gynecology at NYU Langone Health, told TODAY. \u201cIf there\u2019s an obstruction in the airway&#8230; the baby can\u2019t cry in its first breath. It\u2019s deprived of oxygen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/newborn-lifesaving-surgery-india-remove-heart-tumor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newborn undergoes lifesaving surgery in India to remove massive heart tumor<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the sobering prognosis, the Martins and their doctors didn&#8217;t give up hope.\u00a0Yadi remained optimistic, even as she struggled with a difficult pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would print out the sonogram pictures and just to see his little face (was amazing). And he had a little personality \u2014 they kept trying to see him from the front and every time he would just turn around and show his butt,\u201d she said. \u201cIt gave us hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doctors determined that they would use a rare C-section technique called an ex-utero intrapartum treatment, or EXIT procedure, to perform surgery on baby Aydin as he was born.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like pausing midbirth,\u201d Dr. Roman <a href=\"https:\/\/nyulangone.org\/news\/during-birth-infant-rare-condition-receives-lifesaving-procedure-hassenfeld-childrens-hospital-nyu-langone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> of the complicated procedure. \u201cThe minute this baby\u2019s head is out, there is a 5- to 10-minute window to establish an airway, requiring full coordination and months of practice and planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A team of more than 25 specialists was on hand to assist in the incredibly complex delivery. Despite months of preparation, there were still a lot of setbacks on delivery day, as doctors discovered a number of other complications, and Aydin&#8217;s heart started failing during delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was chaos, pun intended,\u201d Jamaal said. \u201cJust about everything that could have gone wrong went wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doctors were able to resuscitate Aydin and put the newborn baby on an ECMO machine, which takes over the heart and lungs so that they have time to heal. This allowed him to pull through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just heard he was alive. Everything else they said was irrelevant,\u201d Jamaal said. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you anything they said after I heard he was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aydin then spent the next 169 days in the NICU, during which time he underwent several other procedures to address a heart defect and an anorectal complication. He was then moved to a rehabilitation facility, and finally was able to go home with his parents for the first time just shy of his first birthday. While he still has some medical challenges ahead, his prognosis is excellent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so awesome to see he\u2019s getting stronger. He fights to sit up and just stay sitting up. He can stay sitting up by himself approximately three minutes,\u201d Yadi said. \u201cIt\u2019s so incredible to say this is our baby. He\u2019s growing and when it\u2019s all said and done he will be absolutely perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Martins want to share their story to encourage other parents who might be facing a difficult diagnosis of CHAOS with their newborn, and to let them know that there may be options like this surgery that can help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod will not give us this blessing without getting us through this. We\u2019re going to be fine,\u201d Yadi said. \u201cHe\u2019s going to be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little boy is alive today thanks to a life-saving surgery that took place when he was a newborn. After suffering four miscarriages, Jamaal and Yadi Martin were overjoyed to hear a heartbeat with baby number five \u2014 a milestone they&#8217;d never before reached. 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