Blake Schultz appeared to be doomed before he was even born. While he was in his mother's womb, a hole opened up in his diaphragm and allowed his stomach, spleen and intestines to press into his chest cavity and put pressure on his lungs. The grim prognosis: at birth, he would probably be unable to breathe.
But Blake did breathe, and today he is a healthy nine-month-old -- thanks to a dramatic operation carried out when he was still a fetus. This procedure, the most impressive achievement yet in the young field of fetal surgery, was performed by Dr. Michael Harrison...
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