A baby diagnosed with a fatal brain condition is now reported to be doing “fantastically well” after receiving pioneering in-womb surgery at 34 weeks. Mum Kenyatta Coleman was told at a 30-week scan that her unborn daughter Denver had vein of Galen malformation (VGM), where an undeveloped blood vessel from the brain to the heart often causes immediate heart failure after birth. ‘Amazing’Last month, it was revealed that a baby girl who was given just 48 hours to live returned home at two-years-old. Mum Leanne was told at 20 weeks that her daughter had four severe heart defects and a large hole between her heart chambers. But after undergoing a total of three heart surgeries since birth, Leanne said: “To see Hope now is amazing.

Source: The Times May 11, 2023 12:45 UTC