Gauteng miracle baby survives after being born with rare internal defect

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Ignus Greyling may be Gauteng's, if not SA's, first baby born with his organs compressing his lungs to have survived against enormous odds.

Paediatric ICU nurses Khanyi Ngobese and Palesa Mabuya adjusted quickly to the NICU’s processes and support structure, while caring for Ignus around the clock.

Ngobese, affectionately known as Gogo Khanyi, with 36 years’ nursing experience both in SA and abroad, said nursing Ignus required everyone to “think 10 steps ahead”. After almost two weeks on ECMO, the specialists agreed Ignus was in better condition for the surgery to repair the hole in his diaphragm that would keep his abdominal organs — including his intestines, liver and spleen — in their correct anatomical position to relieve the pressure on his lungs.

“We had been quite concerned about Ignus in the first week or two, however his condition stabilised on ECMO sufficiently for the procedure to go ahead.

 

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