Kicker: Brain surgery in utero

NICK EICHER, HOST: Recently, a team of doctors in Boston performed a delicate brain surgery on a baby who was still in the womb.

The parents are Derek and Kenyatta Coleman. They live in Louisiana. They found out their baby had a problem when she was about 30 weeks along.

Ultrasound showed an abnormality of the blood vessels. Very rare condition. Very serious, too. The Coleman’s preborn little girl faced heart failure or brain damage, and of course the risk of dying.

KENYATTA COLEMAN: Derek and I are deeply rooted in our faith. You know, and, and we prayed hard for this.

Scans showed that the malformation was getting dangerously large. So the parents had to make a risky decision: risk putting off treatment until she was born or risk surgery right away.

Well, right away made the most sense. So doctors operated in-utero at the 34-week mark.

COLEMAN: You know, there was no doubt in our minds that God would perform a miracle and, and he did, on a public platform using a little girl before she was even born. You know, she made her mark on the world.

And she’s continuing to make her mark. It’s been 7 weeks since surgery and post-delivery brain scans show that baby Denver is doing great.

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