Baby Survives Surgery After Being Born With Heart Outside Chest

Baby Vanellope Wilkins is a born fighter. Nearly one month old, she is the first infant in the U.K. to survive being born with her heart outside her body. Mother Naomi Findlay was nine weeks pregnant when a scan detected the rare affliction known as ectopia cordis. Vanellope's heart and part of her stomach were not inside her body.

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