Baby born with amniotic sac and cow tissue saves

Cow heart tissue saves baby born with
holes in the heart.

British born with two holes in the heart and narrowing of the aorta.
In surgery, he received bovine pericardial tissue to repair problems.
When Ruben Weber-Jackson was born in Beverley, England, nobody
He noticed there was something different with the baby. Two weeks later, his mother, Petra WeberJackson,
29, he realized he began to breathe heavily. Exams
showed that Ruben had two holes in the heart and a narrowing of the aorta, which
severely compromised circulation.
Two major surgeries were needed to treat congenital defect, according to
Caters agency. The first was also made in the first month of life. In the second
procedure, performed soon after, doctors used tissue removed from a heart
cow to repair holes in the heart. According to the medical staff who attended, was the
who saved his life.
Today, shortly after completing one year, the parents of Ruben said they feared that the child
did not live up to the first anniversary. "There is not a day that goes by that I do not think
about how our lives would be different now, how come so near
lose it, "says Petra. "In a way, I think he knows the subconscious - it is a
baby so happy and seems to want to make the most of life. "



According to the pediatric cardiologist Simone Stone, coordinator of Fetal Unit
HCor in São Paulo, the use of bovine pericardium to treat birth defects is
common. "The pericardium is a membrane that surrounds the heart. There is a bank that
tissue, where it is treated with all the antisepsis and turns like a flap
Biological, used to enlarge vessels, close holes and other functions, "he explains.
The expert says that every 100 babies is born with some cardiac alteration. Between
those who have this problem, about half need attention soon after
birth. "There is a very large range of possible defects, such as holes in the heart,
valves partially or fully closed, changing the position of the vessel, "he says.
Some of these problems signals are purplish skin (indicating that the
amount of circulating oxygen in the body is reduced), heart failure (visible
when the child shows tired and rapid breathing) or the presence of murmur
Heart (detected in a routine examination by pediatrician).
In the case of Ruben, as well as irregular breathing, her mother also noted that he was
with purplish lips. Today, the healthy child lives with his mother, Petra's father, Mike
Jackson, 40, and two brothers, William, 7, and Johannes, 4 years.