Baby born with organs outside her body is saved

Doctors saved battling baby Layla Henderson with cling film after she was born with organs outside her body. The infant was then struck down with pneumonia and a rare heart infection which left her at severe risk of a stroke. But despite all her troubles, Layla has fought it all off and now learned to smile.

Her beaming face has helped her parents Zoe Sweeney and James Henderson get through their ordeal.

Now the couple are overjoyed at finally having Layla home, after five months in and out of hospitals across the country.
Zoe said: “It’s magical being at home with her.

“Looking back, I can’t believe we got through it all. She’s been through a hell of a lot and it felt like it was never going to end.

“Every day was a constant worry about what was going to happen next but just seeing her smile helped us get through.

“The first time she was just over a month old. It was a heart-warming moment and the cutest smile I’ve ever seen. “She was coping, so we felt we should do her proud and be able to cope with it, too.”

Layla was treated in four different hospitals and spent her first six days with her intestines suspended in a bag above her after a rare form of hernia meant her bowel grew outside her body.
She has endured countless surgeries, tests and scans.
And twice she had to be rushed 200 miles to Glasgow to prevent her suffering a stroke.

Layla still has a dangerous blood clot in her heart and her parents have to inject her with blood thinning drugs twice a day.
But as she cradles her miracle daughter, Zoe is relieved that the worst is now over after tests revealed the clot had reduced in size.