Healthy Living: Exencephaly

Exencephaly is a rare birth defect that causes the brain to develop outside the skull, exposing the tissue to amniotic fluid in the womb.

The condition has been universally deadly until now.

Neurosurgeons have developed a procedure that allowed a newborn identified with the condition during his mother’s pregnancy after birth and continue to thrive.

Andrea Ludema shares the incredible story in today’s Healthy Living.