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Arkansas Granny

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1. Procedures like this might have saved my own tiny son, but it was,

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 06:08 PM

Feb 2022

like you said, unheard of when he was born. At that time ultrasound was new science and not routinely performed.

I'm so happy that this story had a good ending.

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Unborn baby undergoes heart surgery in womb after doctors detect tumor [View all] Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 OP

Procedures like this might have saved my own tiny son, but it was, Arkansas Granny Feb 2022 #1

I'm so sorry you have a story with a sad ending. 3catwoman3 Feb 2022 #5

*** Hekate Feb 2022 #7

What an astonishing story. They didn't say the tumor was benign, although they Vinca Feb 2022 #2

One of the fascinating things about fetal surgery, besides... 3catwoman3 Feb 2022 #3

Amazing! Nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2022 #4

Years ago I read that spina bifida (?) could be dealt with the same way. It's astonishing ... Hekate Feb 2022 #6