1 LB Premature Twins Survive Despite One Battling Rare Medical Condition
After being born prematurely, these Nebraska twins beat the odds. Harper Jacobo and her twin sister Gabriella were both born at 23 weeks and only weighed one pound in February 2021, according to the Daily Mail . Because…
After being born prematurely, these Nebraska twins beat the odds.
Harper Jacobo and her twin sister Gabriella were both born at 23 weeks and only weighed one pound in February 2021, according to the Daily Mail.
Because of how small they were, the twin girls were taken to Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Colorado, to be looked at by a specialist and this is where they discovered something very serious.
The tube between Harper Jacobo’s mouth and stomach was not connected.
Harper Jacobo was born with esophageal atresia which is a birth defect where part of a baby’s esophagus does not develop properly. The causes of this condition have been undetected and it isn’t commonly diagnosed during pregnancy, according to the CDC.
After Harper Jacobo was seen by a specialist, it would be four months before doctors would perform her surgery.
Her doctors wanted to wait until she was full term, according to Fox31 Denver.
After the procedure was finished, her doctors also used magnets to connect her esophagus together so that she would be able to eat and breathe properly, about a month before the twin’s first birthday.