Baby’s Brain Found To Contain A FOOT!
Nothing to do with pop culture, but this story has been kicking around in my head since I first read it (SORRY) and I thought I should alert you to it so you have a nice little tale to regale new friends with over the festive season.
A Colorado Springs family is part of one of the strangest cases in medical history. Dr. Paul Grabb, a pediatric brain surgeon, said he was surprised when he discovered a small foot growing inside the brain of 3-day-old Sam Esquibel.
“The foot literally popped out of the brain,” Grabb told TheDenverChannel Wednesday.
I believe the acronym OMG was created especially for moments like these. The article continues…
The appendage threatened the newborn’s life.
NO SHIT!
When Grabb performed the life-saving surgery at Memorial Hospital for Children in Colorado Springs, he was in for another surprise: he also found what appeared to be parts of an intestine in the folds of the infant’s tiny brain, in addition to another developing foot, hand and thigh.
“I’ve never seen anything like it before,” Grabb told the Colorado Springs Gazette. “It looked like the breach delivery of a baby coming out of the brain.”
How did this happen?
The reason for the strange growth was not clear at first. It was thought to be a teratoma — a congenital brain tumor composed of foreign tissue such as muscle, hair or teeth — or a fetus in fetu, which is a developmental abnormality in which a fetal twin begins to form within the other.
I am officially freaked out. On the upside, baby Sam is doing pretty well, all things considering!
DenverChannel.com Reporter Jane Slater held the infant with the baby blue eyes and round face and said “he is the cutest baby I’ve ever seen.” Sam’s at a healthy weight — as evidenced by his pudgy arms and legs — which explains why family members call him the “Michelin Man,” Slater said.
He was alert and happy, with a barely visible inch-long scar which stretched from his hairline to the top of his cheek. Sam is still recovering from the surgery and shows weakness on one side of his body and some trouble with higher-level eye functions. He is already undergoing rehabilitation.
Thanks to Elmo for the heads up.
You can see photos over at the DenverChannel.com website linked below.
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