Baby Born With Giant Tongue Is Finally Able To Smile

There isn’t much sweeter than seeing a tiny baby look up and smile at their mom and dad for the very first time.

Yet while most babies start smiling at just a few weeks old, for baby Paisley Morrison-Johnson, her first grin was well worth the wait. When Paisley was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota 16 months ago, doctors were stunned by her overgrown tongue, which was about twice the size of an average adult’s, and worried it could block her airways and make the little girl choke to death.

Paisley was born with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, just like the little boy in this story, and would need surgery so she could breathe normally, learn to speak, and smile at her loved ones.

“Doctors tried bottle feeding her but they couldn’t find any nipple that would help her,” mom Madison Kienow told Caters News Agency. “She had to have a [gastronomy]-tube fitted because not enough food was getting into her stomach.” At just 1-year-old Madison and her husband scheduled Paisley’s first surgery to reduce the giant tongue, but they were surprised when it grew back after a short time.

A few months later, Paisley’s parents knew they had to try again to save their daughter. This time around, doctors took nearly six inches of the muscle.  “Since recovering, she smiled for the very first time. I couldn’t believe it and was shocked by how beautiful my little girl looked,” Kienow said. “Now she’s not even having difficulties eating, which is a massive relief.”

Since the rare disorder is also known to cause tumors and puts people at higher risk for cancer, she will need to be monitored for many years to come, but her mom is overjoyed by her recovery.

“She’s like a completely new baby — her facial features look different, she smiles a lot and she has even getting close to saying her first words,” Kienow told Caters News Agency. “We’re really confident about her future.”

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Baby Born With Giant Tongue Is Finally Able To Smile is an article from: LifeDaily