(gentle music)
- I found out I was pregnant in February
and I was excited. I went saw my midwife
at my 20-week sonogram appointment so they
could take pictures, send them to the
radiologist and then a few days later we 
got a phone call back. She explained that
the radiologist had confirmed 
that our baby had
myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus.
It was very emotional.
- Sarah came to see us with what is a
relatively common problem, which is
 myelomeningocele or spina bifida.
And these babies, without intervention,
develop paralysis usually from that
level and down and have bowel and
bladder dysfunction and more importantly,
they develop ventricular megali or
enlargement of the cerebral ventricles
that requires ventriculoperitoneal 
shunting after they're born.
- No, I had never heard of 
fetal surgery before this.
I was just excited that we 
could possibly have
something done to help his future.
- It went beautifully. It really went without
a hitch. We had fabulous exposure,
beautiful relaxation so we had the small
as an incision could be for repairing a
defect. Uriah is doing great.
Uriah is just a few months old - has
not shown any signs that he's gonna
require a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
- Uriah is doing really, really good.
Better than any of us expected. I would
absolutely recommend Dr. Crombleholme
and his team.
- The thing I enjoy most is being
able to make an impact in a child's life -
not for a week or a month or a year but
potentially for 85 years. I just hope
that Uriah can being looked at as a
normal child. I hope he'll be able to
play sports or anything like that. I just
want him to have a normal healthy life.
(Medical City Children's Hospital
MedicalCityHospital.com/FetalCareCenter)
