Doctors are shocked after seeing baby’s face when they find out what it was it left them in awe yangon was born without eyes and with a hole in his nose where his eyes should have been his bones were rebuilt by melbourne surgeons giving him a new appearance he’ll now return to his village in morocco where he’s been traveling for
The past two years his first words were a tear-jerking thank you to dr tony holmes who had saved his life in morocco a toddler who was born with no eyes a hole in the middle of his face where his nose should have been and no upper jaw will return to his birthplace following reconstructive surgery that completely restored his appearance yaya al-jabali was born in a rural village six hours outside of casablanca
But he was transported to melbourne for surgery when he was three years old when a woman saw his parents desperate request for aid on the internet and contacted the authorities despite his bravery the heroic youngster who recently celebrated his fifth birthday was born grotesquely deformed as a result of difficulties during pregnancy that prevented the bones in his face from fusing together nevertheless physicians believe he’ll be
Able to lead a normal life following an 18-hour life-changing procedure in 2014 that modified the bones in his face as well as several follow-up surgeries to reconstruct his nose the following week yaya proceeded to defy expectations by saying his very first words a tear-jerking thank you to the doctor who saved his life in an exclusive report shown on channel 7’s sunday night program australians have been touched by his
Heartwarming narrative which will see him finally return home to live with his beloved family and boyhood best bubby kima who didn’t care at all about his appearance although yahya was born with an extremely unusual illness he surprised all expectations by surviving in the womb and growing up to be a happy healthy toddler he was however considered a social outcast in his community and his parents
Kept him hidden away because they believed his appearance was too startling for some people to bear he was unable to talk because of the lack of a roof over his mouth and he could only communicate by making grunting noises because the lack of a roof over his mouth his parents burst into floods of excitement when they saw their son’s new face for the first time after dr tony holmes who separated
Bangladeshi born twins trishna and krishna spent merely a day performing the delicate surgery on him mustafa yaya’s father spoke to sunday night in an exclusive broadcast last year about seeing his son in such a difficult predicament it brings me great delight great satisfaction to see my son in such a situation he said initially scheduled to last up to eight hours the procedure ultimately lasted
Over 18 hours during which yaya lost about half of his blood and had the lining of his brain removed from his skull yaya was sedated during the procedure a team of surgeons worked in a shift rotation and the expensive surgery was partially supported by contributions and doctors who volunteered their time and talents for no compensation his predicament first gained international attention when the father
Of his closest friend resorted to facebook to beg with medical specialists to assist the young kid in having a normal life despite being on the other side of the world fatima baraka a melbourne breast cancer survivor who was born in a hamlet near to yayas read the message from her own in order to find a surgeon who would be prepared to modify yaya’s look miss baraka took it upon herself to search
For one she eventually discovered melbourne reconstructive physician tony holmes afterwards she traveled to yahya’s home where she was introduced to the toddler and his family for the first time before transporting them to australia with her husband two weeks following yaya’s successful facial surgery miss baraka remarked i just can’t believe how much he’s been through and how he keeps coming out and
Getting better and better every time his appearance is that of an ordinary little child i think he’s a very brilliant little kid who has a lot of potential and i don’t see any reason why he shouldn’t have a nice healthy and prosperous future when she first met yaya and his family miss baraka claimed the tiny boy into her heart and immediately fell in love with him however she confesses she was very surprised by what she saw and heard
To be completely honest i was a little shocked she admitted yaya and his parents visited dr holmes after being flown to melbourne where the three-year-old underwent a battery of developmental tests including cat scans and magnetic resonance imaging mri to determine how his brain functioned and whether he was a candidate for surgery despite these significant dangers involved dr holmes decided to do surgery on the kid very quickly
This is in my opinion the most challenging of the challenges according to dr holmes the level of difficulty was nine and a half out of ten on sunday night on channel seven we may not lose yahya if we we may not lose yaya if we do not operate but he may succumb if we do i believe that everyone has the right to appear human and this kid does not appear to be human says the author the surgery anyaya took place in
December 2014 during which dr holmes joined the two halves of his skull together and created a nose out of his own skin for him dr holmes expressed his happiness at yaya’s recovery and expressed his delight at his parents reactions after he was discharged from the hospital when they first saw him you could just see that they were really taken aback and overwhelmed with joy he said yaya’s parents were delighted to welcome
A new member to their family five weeks following the surgery when his mother gave birth to a baby girl in their home after first being concerned that she would have the same distorted facial traits as yaya they were relieved to learn that she did not have the condition well the inspirational little kid has some artificial eyes and additional nose surgery he’s learning to walk and his life has been transformed forever
Because of it in another similar story girl born with no eyes or nose gets a nose cassidy hooper was born without eyes and without a nose but on september 18th a momentous occasion in the life of the 17 year old from north carolina she’ll undergo the final surgery that will give her a nose a 48 year old engineer j aaron cassidy said his daughter’s birth was a long time coming
It’s been an arduous procedure but the day has finally arrived cassidy is clearly looking forward to this day finally being here cassidy as senior at governor moorhead school told abcnews.com earlier this year that she’s looking forward to being able to smell and breathe through her nose for the first time in her life i’m going to have a real nose just like everyone else she explained cassidy has undergone a succession of
Skin graft and face reconstruction procedures at levine children’s hospital in charlotte since she was 11 years old when she was first diagnosed doctors will stretch skin flaps over a bone or cartilage transplant taken from another area of her body in three final surgeries that will take place over the course of two to three weeks nothing has ever stood in cassidy’s way of achieving her goals and being optimistic
Things are always going to be difficult she admitted however here’s what i believe i don’t require simple i only require the possibility of success the cause of cassidy’s birth abnormality which resulted in her being born without eyes and a nose a rare birth condition that occurred during the first two weeks of pregnancy is unknown according to susan hooper a kindergarten teacher is 43 her daughter’s heart and brain are in normal condition there
Isn’t anything else going on with her hooper compared the series of procedures to the process of constructing the foundation of a house dr david c matthews a pediatric surgeon will carry out the operation cassidy is endured between four and five expander operations in order to break through her gum so far after that she underwent surgery to establish nasal channels and to break her jaw in order to set it correctly
Following that she underwent a skin transplant to help her keep her nasal passage open because it was constantly shutting she underwent yet another significant surgery on her jaw to allow her top jaw to progress forward and become more aligned with her lower jaw something she’d done previously this summer three further procedures were performed to prepare the area where her nose will be joined the family couldn’t afford to replace
Cassidy’s artificial eyes when she outgrew them since they cost five thousand dollars a piece i didn’t get a single cent from insurance her mother explained we had already begun the process of reshaping her nose bringing her eyes closer together and reshaping her skull when we discovered her we were not going to pay for it once and then have to pay for it twice more she stated that once cassidy’s nasal
Surgery was completed they would go out and purchase new prosthetic eyes for cassidy cassidy’s been attending governor morehead school for the blind since the fifth grade where she’s found that no difficulty is too difficult for her to overcome she’s a member of the track and field team qualified for a scholarship at the charlotte curling club last year cassidy came to her mother during the
First week of school and remarked mom everyone here is blind therefore i’m just like everyone else despite the fact that she was subjected to some stares and taunts as a child she now has a thriving social life in all honesty some teasing has occurred but no more than any other child would experience on a typical day her mother admitted if hooper is with her daughter and notices that others are staring she
Would frequently say i’m going to say something do you have a question about her appearance she appears to be a little odd and she’ll be the one to answer the query kids are more accepting when they learned it’s only an external manifestation and that she enjoys everything else that other teenagers like her do cassidy is an excellent student who plans to attend college to get a degree
In broadcast journalism she’s very outgoing person who’s never met a stranger she didn’t like hooper explained every time we go anywhere she says put me near the pool and i’ll go meet some new friends she enjoys conversing and exudes a great deal of self-assurance cassidy competes in track and field competitions where she runs the 75-yard dash with the assistance of a cable to guide her as she described it i hold on
To this rope and it glides across the cable like a zip line i just go for a run and that helps when she’s curling which is the canadian olympic sport on ice she relies on an aide to actor as her eyes because she cannot see well even if it’s a difficult situation i can get through it cassidy explained cassidy testified in a public hearing and rally in 2011 in opposition to a statute that compelled the department of
Public instruction to close one of three schools that served the blind and deaf in north carolina her school was spared the wrath according to abc’s wb tv which has been following cassidy’s tale for six years she was also recently offered her first job at the library for the blind in new york city every week she’ll go from charlotte to rally on the amtrak train cassidy has expectations for her future
Despite the fact that she has physical limitations other people with impairments should heave your words of wisdom if you have obstacles be positive about them thanks for reading.