IS GIVING GRANTS FOR
A CAMPAIGN.
>>> WE WITNESS A MEDICAL
MIRACLE.
A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS ACTUALLY
BORN TWICE.
>> CHANNEL 2 HEALTH REPORTER
HALEY HERNANDEZ TELLS US BEFORE
THE BIRTH, THE CHILD WAS REMOVED
FROM THE WOMB TO UNDERGO A LIFE
SAVING SURGERY.
FASCINATING.
>> Reporter: IT REALLY IS.
SO THIS IS THE IMAGE OF BABY
LINLEY.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THAT IS
ALL THE TUMOR THAT WAS ON THE
SPINE.
THIS IS THE BABY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TUMOR
WAS GROWING SO FAST, SURGEONS
HAD TO TAKE HER OUT TO REMOVE
THE SURGERY AND THEN PLACE HER
BACK INSIDE HER MOTHER.
IT'S INCREDIBLY RARE AND HER
SURGEON ONLY KNOWS OF THREE
INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD WITH
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES, INCLUDING
TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
EARLY IN HER PREGNANCY, MARGARET
GOT SOME SCARY NEWS ABOUT HER
BABY.
>> AT 16 WEEKS, BEING PREGNANT I
FOUND OUT THAT OUR BABY HAD A
TUMOR.
>> THE SURGEON AT TEXAS
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAYS WHEN
BABIES ARE BORN WITH SCT, IT'S
ALMOST ALWAYS FIXABLE.
BUT WHEN THEY SEE IT ON A FETUS,
THERE ARE FAR FEWER SUCCESSES.
SO WHEN THE CHECKUP REVEALED THE
BABY WAS GOING INTO HEART
FAILURE, SHE HAD NO OPTION BUT
TO TRY FETAL SURGERY.
>> WE KNEW THAT IF WE DIDN'T
CHOOSE THE OPTION, EMERGENCY
SURGERY THAT NIGHT, THAT WITHIN
A DAY OR SO SHE WOULD PASS.
>> Reporter: DURING THE SURGERY,
YOU CAN SEE THE DOCTOR REMOVE
LINLEY.
THIS IS THE TUMOR TAKEN OFF HER
SPINE.
DOCTORS THEN PUT LINLEY BACK
INTO HER MOTHER'S WOMB.
FROM HERE BLOOD FLOW FROM MOM TO
BABY ENCOURAGED GROWTH, HEALING
AND A HEALTHY DELIVERY AT 36
WEEKS.
>> IT WAS HER SECOND BIRTH
BASICALLY.
IT WAS A RELIEF TO SEE HER AND
TO SEE THAT SHE HAD MADE IT
THROUGH.
AFTER THE SURGERY, HER HEART HAD
TIME TO HEAL WHILE I WAS STILL
PREGNANT WITH HER.
SO SHE HAS NO HEART ISSUES NOW
AND IS DOING AMAZING.
>> Reporter: TOMORROW LINLEY
WILL BE FOUR MONTHS OLD.
THIS IS NOT ALWAYS A DOCTOR'S
FIRST CHOICE.
BUT FORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THIS
WAS A SUCCESS.
SINCE BIRTH, SHE'S HAD HER
TAILBONE REMOVED TO TRY AND
PREVENT REGROWTH OF THAT TUMOR.
THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL
IMPACT HER DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS
BEING ON HER BACK FOR A LONG
TIME, SITTING, BUT THE COUPLE
SAYS THEY'RE PROBLEMS THEY'RE
WILLING TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE
SHE'S ALIVE AND HERE WITH THEM
TODAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
>> IT IS.
>> JUST FOUR MONTHS.
>> NO.
SHE'S FOUR NOW.
>> SHE WAS ONLY FOUR MONTHS AT
