According to Sözcü, 23-year-old mother Lisa Coffee in England accepted the risky operation after learning during routine check-ups that her baby had a problem that would cause a curvature of the spine. Doctors told Lisa that she would have a birth problem that would affect her baby’s life.
BORN TWICE
When the young woman was 6 months pregnant, specialists surgically removed the baby from her abdomen. After the problem with the baby’s spinal cord was fixed, it was placed back into her mother’s abdomen. Lisa’s pregnancy ended with the birth of the baby, named Luca, at the end of nine months. Thus, Luca was born twice.
The hero of the operation that made a splash in the medical world, baby Luca, is one year old today. Despite the surgery, the baby has difficulty walking and is undergoing an intensive physiotherapy program to improve his movements. Luca, who has undergone spinal and brain surgery, is progressing positively thanks to physical therapy and can move more easily.