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Dorothy Montgomery, born at 32 weeks gestation on February 12, 2024, is a special little girl who was born with many of her internal organs outside her body. <\/span><\/p>\n

Parents Sadie and Drew of Amesbury, Wiltshire, in the UK <\/span>shared their experience<\/span><\/a> discovering their daughter\u2019s health condition. \u201cAll I remember hearing was the consultant telling me Dorothy\u2019s ‘guts’ were out of her body. I couldn\u2019t believe it was happening,\u201d Sadie shared. \u201cI kept thinking ‘what do you mean – guts?’. Doctors had to wrap her up in cling film to keep her insides moist – I just couldn’t face seeing it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Dorothy was just <\/span>12 weeks old in utero<\/span><\/a> at the time they learned of her condition. Her mother Sadie said, \u201cMy nine-week scan was absolutely fine but at 12 weeks, they found it. It was right at the last bit, the nurse noticed a ‘mass’ on the umbilical cord, or where it should’ve been.\u201d After the nurse and midwife staff discussed the possibilities with Sadie, they suggested further testing to differentiate between gastroschisis and exomphalos, a more severe and lifelong condition that can require more surgeries with age.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A blood test confirmed that Dorothy had the first condition: gastroschisis. This condition, <\/span>defined by Cleveland Clinic<\/span><\/a> as a birth defect where some of the internal organs are left outside of the abdomen, is caused by the abdominal wall \u201cnot forming completely in the womb.\u201d It usually requires surgery to allow the baby to develop and digest foods properly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dorothy’s grandmother, Kelly, <\/span>recalled Dorothy\u2019s condition<\/span><\/a> at birth: \u201cIt wasn’t just her bowel, or her umbilical cord, like I was expecting. It was everything. All her kidneys, stomach, liver, fallopian tubes, intestines and ovaries were out.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: \u2018A true inspiration\u2019: Parents choose life for baby girl born with organs outside her body<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Usually surgery is required to properly place the organs. In Dorothy\u2019s case, the doctors were able to use a tool called a \u201csilo bag,\u201d or a silicone bag, that gathers all the organs and intestines together directly over the hole in the abdomen. The idea is that with gravity\u2019s help, the organs are coaxed back into the abdomen. Minimal surgery would then be used to finish settling the organs into their proper home and then sealing up the hole. <\/span><\/p>\n

For Dorothy, it took two weeks for the process to complete; the best part is she never needed surgery. By using normal wound dressings and steri strips, the umbilical cord and wound had completely sealed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was absolutely crazy, her tummy literally just closed. She’s so lucky, she never needed to be put out or operated on; I hear lots of babies with the same condition do,\u201d Sadie <\/span>shared<\/span><\/a>. For the first two weeks after birth, Dorothy was restricted to one milliliter of milk each day, but is now able to ingest normal amounts of food.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At first Sadie explained that Dorothy was seen weekly by her doctors to make sure healing continued as expected. Now the appointments are stretching out in between, and her mother says Dorothy is \u201cdoing really well.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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