It's a horrifying thing to contemplate: your newborn baby has a hernia-type condition, called an omphalocele, that is so bad that his internal organs are lying just underneath the skin of his abdomen.
For the parents of Hayes Davis, and other newborns with the rare condition, fixing the condition is often a waiting game. Kelly Davis found out that Hayes had the condition during an ultrasound when she was only 12 weeks pregnant, which meant waiting another 28 weeks to give birth before surgery could be performed.
Instead of performing the repair procedure immediately after his birth, Hayes' surgeons opted to wait several months, which allowed them to repair the defect with one surgery rather than multiple procedures over time.
The surgery was successful.
Hayes' mom talks about his condition and surgery
