U.K. baby with rare heart defect defies odds of survival
Medical Mysteries and Marvels: At just nine weeks' gestation Vanellope Hope Wilkins was diagnosed with a rare heart defect known as thoracic ectopia cordis, a malformation where her heart forms outside her chest. Vanellope was given a 10 percent chance of living after birth. After multiple surgeries, doctors were able to re-inserted Vanellope's heart inside her chest. After 14 months Vanellope got to go home and is adjusting well.
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