For two-month-old Xin Xin, the wonders and beauty of life are on severe and tenuous hold as doctors struggle to save him from a very rare condition known as an ectopic heart, in which only a thin membrane covers the organ.
The image above tells the terrible truth about this birth defect as his heart can be seen beating outside his stomach.
The child’s parents who are migrant workers in Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, brought him to Xin Qiao Hospital, in Chongqing, where surgeons are evaluating the best way to treat the baby and this most delicate and dangerous situation.
The parents were in utter shock when doctors told them that the blackish, undulating patch on their child’s belly was his beating heart.
“It’s a very rare case. His heart is so exposed that the slightest knock or contact could be fatal,” said Doctor Zhang Yuping, vice director of hospital’s pediatrics department.
The child’s parents who are migrant workers in Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, brought him to Xin Qiao Hospital, in Chongqing, where surgeons are evaluating the best way to treat the baby and this most delicate and dangerous situation.
The parents were in utter shock when doctors told them that the blackish, undulating patch on their child’s belly was his beating heart.
“It’s a very rare case. His heart is so exposed that the slightest knock or contact could be fatal,” said Doctor Zhang Yuping, vice director of hospital’s pediatrics department.
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